Raleigh NC

Friends of the Library donate $100,000 to help finish Hocutt-Ellington Memorial Library’s $2.5 million renovation, unveiling flexible new spaces ahead of a July 11 grand reopening.

CLAYTON, N.C. – For eight delicious days, local dining destinations will take center stage during the first-ever Downtown Clayton Restaurant Week. The inaugural event will celebrate local flavors, culinary creativity, and unforgettable dining experiences with special menus, exclusive offerings, chef spotlights, and lim

If your ideal night out mixes a cocktail with a craft project, downtown Raleigh is about to get a new go-to spot. Pikasso Swig, a Charlottesville-born DIY craft bar, is opening an outpost on Fayetteville Street, bringing a paint-and-sip style setup and a full bar right to the city's main drag. Expect drop-in craft proj

HOLLY SPRINGS, NC, FUJIFILM Biotechnologies (Fujifilm), a world-leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) for biologics, vaccines, and advanced therapies, today announced that its commercial-scale cell culture manufacturing facility in Holly Springs, North Carolina, has been selected as one of

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Travelers headed eastbound on Interstate 440 may have run into some traffic issues as crews worked to clear a crash. According to the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s real-time traffic map, the crash happened just after 5 p.m. along I-440 near exit 5, which is Lake Boone Trail. The t

Afternoon drivers on Glenwood Avenue got an unwelcome surprise when heavy rain turned a busy stretch of the roadway into a shallow river, shutting down traffic in both directions between Pinecrest Drive and Ebenezer Church Road, according to Raleigh police. The closure has backed up cars along the Highway 70 corridor a

Another Wake County town is issuing water restrictions given intense heat during an ongoing statewide drought. Holly Springs enacted Stage 1 water shortage restrictions on Monday, July 6 , asking water customers to limit when they irrigate their lawns — the latest Triangle town asking residents to conserve water. “The

Some of life’s most meaningful moments happen around the table. From celebrations and reunions to first dates and family dinners, these are the moments people remember long after the meal is over. At Stellar, creating those memories has been the mission from day one. Now celebrating its first anniversary...

Even with the odds against him at 1 in 962,598, a Wake Forest man became a jackpot winner on June 21.

The owner of a timber company has been arrested following a lengthy investigation into alleged timber theft and other crimes in five North Carolina counties, including Onslow and Pender. According to the N.C. Forest Service, Joel Blake Lee, 55, of Clayton, owner and operator of Frontier Timber, Inc., was arrested...