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By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Apple's long-anticipated Research Triangle Park (RTP) campus has entered another extended holding pattern as North Carolina formally approved the company's request to push back the hiring and investment milestones tied to its incentive package. The NC Economic Investment Committee voted to grant Apple a four-year extension on the timelines originally established in 2021, effectively restarting an agreement that could ultimately deliver up to $845 million

WUNC - Part of the South of the Border roadside attraction - on Interstate 95 on the line between North and South Carolina - has been put up for sale. The owners are selling 30 acres that include the Pedroland amusement park, the "SOB Convention Center," a motel building, a mini-golf course, vacant land and a former casino. The price is listed at $2.85 million. Those parts of the attraction

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer The Raleigh Police Department has announced that Eddie M. Buffaloe, Jr., retired Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety (NCDPS), will join the agency as Deputy Chief of the Administrative Services Division beginning January 5, 2026.  Buffaloe brings more than three decades of law enforcement, public safety, and administrative experience to Raleigh. As state public safety secretary, he oversaw more than 21,000 sworn

BUSINESS INSIDER - You may have artificial intelligence to thank for your Christmas gift this year. From tech to retail, companies are going all in on AI this year, and it looks like consumers are following suit. This holiday season, shoppers are embracing AI to help find and purchase gifts. New data from Salesforce, which creates AI agents through its Agentforce platform, found that AI agents drove 17% of the

NC Health News - Since she was a child volunteering at soup kitchens and food pantries with her parents, Maggie Kane has carried a question: "Why was I on this side? Why am I so lucky?" The invisible line that separated those who served and those who received inspired her to create a space where no one has to stand on either side. "My work and life passion is working

WUNC - Wake County broke ground at Kellam-Wyatt County Park recently in its latest effort to expand green spaces in the area. The 59-acre property located near the border of Raleigh and Knightdale will have community and demonstration gardens, nature trails, a renovated farmhouse and educational and recreational programs, among other features. According to Wake County Parks, Recreation and Open Space director Chris Snow, the main thing community members wanted

By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer Durham, NC - The Durham Chapter of the NAACP recently hosted their 49th Annual Freedom Fund banquet at the Durham Hilton near Duke. Attendees were dressed in their Sunday best attire. The event began with an awe-inspsiring and moving crowd rendition of "Lift Every Voice and Sing." While this song is a staple at many NAACP gatherings, it seemed to resonate with particular power this

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1536"] Driftwood Apartments, a 15-unit permanent supportive housing apartment complex in Wilmington, recently reopened after being closed for renovations. (Photo: Greg Childress/NC Newsline)[/caption] By Greg Childress NC Newsline A coalition of municipal and nonprofit organizations has taken legal action to thwart the Trump administration's move to restrict the amount of federal grant money nonprofits can spend on permanent housing and subsidized rents for formerly homeless people. The

NEW YORK (AP) - "Times are tough. We take care of us." In early November, Kashish Ali posted those words to her Instagram story as part of a yearslong practice she's had to fundraise for food and drop it off at community fridges in Atlanta, where she's from, and now in New York, where she lives. Ali, who is 32 and a first generation Pakistani immigrant, estimated that her friends

By Cash Michaels Contributing Writer In an extremely emotional five-paragraph handwritten letter addressing charges that he allegedly sexually abused a 15-year-old male teenager last summer, Cecil Brockman, former six-term Democratic NC House member from High Point wrote, "My life has already been ruined. The career and legacy that I have work (sic) so hard for, always trying to do the right thing taken in a instant because someone lied to