FairWave Specialty Coffee Collective Acquires Joe Van Gogh
All your base are belong to us. Anyone who spent the late-‘90s on the internet will recognize the proto-meme. It was a meme before we even had a word for it, existing somewhere on the timeline between The Dancing Baby and I Can Has Cheezburger. It is etched into the brain of any chronically online Millennial who...
Volunteer-built benches give Durham bus riders a place to sit, and send a message
The benches that appeared at five GoDurham bus stops on Wednesday are nothing fancy. Just unvarnished wood screwed together to create a sturdy place for two or three people to sit. But the volunteers who built them say the benches are important for both practical and symbolic reasons. The benches were built and...
Western Carolina students, professors find remains of missing person
CULLOWHEE, N.C. (WSPA) – A group of students and professors from Western Carolina University helped police close a two-year-old missing persons case. According to the university, a group of six forensic anthropology students and their professors traveled to Durham to help police comb the woods around Ellerbe Creek....
Durham City Council rejects police tech proposal
The Durham City Council is no longer moving forward with a proposed contract by Peregrine Technologies that would help Durham Police.
Popular Chapel Hill eatery The Loop reopens after extensive storm damage from tropical depression
The Loop is back and officially open for business within Chapel Hill's Eastgate Crossing.
Bahama Breeze closing its remaining locations
Half of the restaurants will close permanently, while the remaining 14 will be converted into other Darden Restaurant properties.
Local Legend: Sharky’s Place
OG dive proves the only thing in the water is loyalty. Any given Sunday sidled up at an unassuming bar in West Raleigh, you’ll find a loyal legion of regulars who’ve been holding court for nearly 40 years—from game days to pool and dart duels to trivia nights.
The North Carolina Biscuit Drive-Thru People Treat Like A Morning Appointment
I pulled up to this North Carolina drive-thru thinking I was just grabbing a biscuit. Turns out, I had arrived at a breakfast shrine where people treated every morning like a carefully scheduled appointment. The scent of butter and baking hit me like the opening scene of a feel-good movie.
Fast-casual restaurant opens first Raleigh location soon. What’s on the menu
A week ago, the North Carolina State University community got a new place to grab chicken fingers and fries when Raising Cane’s opened just off campus. Another restaurant opening soon on Hillsborough Street may provide a more healthy balance to diner’s diets. Roots Natural Kitchen seems to be following in the...
Raleigh hospital’s attempt to expand cancer services leads to revealing CON law dispute with...
Many health care systems talk about three main pillars of care for treating cancer patients: medical, surgical and radiation oncology. It turns out that having state-of-the-art radiation technology can not only help heal patients, it can also be beneficial to a hospital system’s bottom line. A high-stakes dispute...

















