Apex App & Flying Over Veridea
Here is everything you need to know about what's going on in Apex, NC for the week of Thursday, May 14, 2026.
Positively Mebane: Music on 4th, Juneteenth, and Budget Plans
Summer is almost here and the events calendar is heating up in Mebane! This week, Kelly previews the “Music on 4th” summer concert series (formerly known as Musical Chairs), which kicks off this Friday with the Red House Band, and looks ahead to next week’s screening of Zootopia 2 as Mebane wraps up its “Movies in the
‘Learning recession’: NC students performance in reading, math worst than peers a decade ago
Researchers said it's almost as if students in North Carolina have missed 27 weeks of learning in reading and 15 weeks in math.
So Hot: Inside Raleigh’s All You Can Eat Hot Pot Experience
So Hot offers one of the coolest dining experiences in Raleigh and Cary, NC, with traditional Chinese hot pot. Hot pot is an interactive experience, allowing guests to cook meats, noodles, seafood, and vegetables right at their tables in simmering, flavor-packed broth. It’s a centuries-old dining custom deeply rooted i
He tried to break up an employee argument – now Durham diners are donating
Days after a shooting at the Silver Spoon Restaurant in Durham left a co-owner in critical condition, a local fundraiser has already raised more than $18,000 to support their family and staff. On Mother’s Day, the man was shot while trying to defuse an argument between two employees of the North Roxboro Street family r
Black bears are on the move through central North Carolina
Black bears are increasingly being spotted across central North Carolina, and wildlife officials urge residents to use BearWise tips to safely coexist.
Cary proposes property tax increase for public safety. What homeowners could pay
Cary’s interim town manager is proposing a tax rate increase of 3.75 cents per $100 of assessed property value to expand public safety measures, implement additional financial oversight and address other town needs. The budget is the town’s first since former Town Manager Sean Stegall resigned in December amid question
Get to know the 25-year-old running one of the Triangle’s largest developments
At 25, Sam Roth is helping steer the first phase of RXR’s $3 billion “mini city” known as Veridea on roughly 1,100 acres in Apex, between U.S. Highway 1 and N.C. 540. As a project manager for Greensboro-based Samet Corp ., she oversees more than 120 workers across three sites and $100 million in active construction. In
UNC adds Top 100 hoops commit in latest major get for Michael Malone
Shortly after arriving for his official visit to Chapel Hill, this top-100 prospect tabbed UNC as his next home.
Looking back: Remembering all kinds of businesses and business people
From an ACC lineman–turned–Vietnam fighter pilot and global CEO to Oxford librarians, mule dealers, and 1950s Main Street shops, Lewis looks back at Granville County’s business past.

















