Popular restaurant group just opened a new upscale concept in an old Applebee’s
A popular family of Mexican restaurants is expanding with its first new upscale concept. The new Cabo Mexican Cuisine opened this week in Brier Creek , taking over the former Applebee’s at 8701 Brier Creek Pkwy in Raleigh. Cabo Mexican Cuisine is a new concept from the Torres family of Mexican restaurants, which owns f
Late-Night Quarry Street Stabbing Shakes Raleigh Block
A late-night stabbing in Raleigh’s southeast side left one person wounded Tuesday, as officers flooded the 700 block of Quarry Street and began knocking on doors for video and eyewitness accounts. Raleigh police say they were called to the area for a possible stabbing and found a person with...
Bullets Rip Into Raleigh Home as Sleepless Neighbors Hit Breaking Point
Early Friday, Raleigh police were called out to a northeast neighborhood after someone fired into a home, leaving shell casings behind and at least one residence struck. Officers stayed on scene as the investigation unfolded, but officials have not yet shared any details about a possible suspect or motive. According...
Grocery store will open its first NC location in the Triangle. What to expect
The Triangle is getting a new grocery store. Lotte Plaza Market — a chain that sells fruit, vegetables, meats and international foods — is coming to Morrisville. “Lotte Plaza Market was built to serve Pan-Asian communities so we’re always looking to expand and to serve communities that are growing and thriving,” Calvin
Durham’s ‘deadliest’ one-way streets are changing – here’s what’s coming
Durham is moving forward with transforming the city’s traffic patterns by converting Roxboro and Mangum streets into two-way thoroughfares. Residents have raised concerns for years about speeding and deadly traffic collisions in the north-south corridors, calling them the most dangerous streets in Durham. “It’s just on
UNC’s School of Civic Life has come under attack. Students reveal what it’s really...
When UNC-Chapel Hill freshman Mo Zheng saw the course description for a class called “Pursuing The Good Life,” it seemed like kismet. The questions asked in the course description were ones he’d been asking himself as of late: “How should I live? Whom and how should I love? What claims do family, friends and country ha
UNC System evaluates public universities’ financial health amid legislative budget stall
Public university chancellors are still making a case for state enrollment funding as the General Assembly deliberates the state budget. For NC Central Chancellor Karrie Dixon, the long overdue money is key to restoring and strengthening the HBCU's finances. NCCU was the state's only public university to not meet a...
Horseshoe at Hub RTP creates a destination beyond the workplace
A recent CBS17 My Carolina segment highlights how Horseshoe at Hub RTP is creating a destination beyond the workplace. Horseshoe continues to evolve into a vibrant destination that brings together work, entertainment, dining and community experiences in the heart of Research Triangle Park. Once known primarily as a wor
Water safety top of mind during heat wave, as pools open for the summer
The city of Raleigh offers swimming lessons year-round, and lifeguards are stationed at city-operated pools while they are open.
Only one UNC System school is not ‘financially healthy,’ report says. Here’s why
NC Central University — Durham’s historically Black public university — is the only UNC System school that is not considered “financially healthy,” according to a new financial assessment framework used by the system. That system, the Composite Financial Index, measures institutional financial health based on answers t
