• Durham 259 Middlesex 11-2 | County Championship Division One match report

  Durham's Phil Mustard reached his half-century with a disciplined display against Middlesex in the Division One match. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty ...

• AAA Expect more Memorial Day traffic with lower gas prices sunny skies

  Lower fuel prices and a sunny weather forecast will probably put more American drivers on the road this weekend than last year on Memorial Day weekend, according ...

• MetLife to bring offshore reinsurance unit back to U.S.

  MetLife, the nation's largest life insurer and a company slated to become one of the largest employers in Cary, has announced it will move its offshore reinsurance unit back to the United States. MetLife (NYSE: MET) is merging its reinsurance unit, Exeter Reassurance that is currently based in Bermuda, with three state- and federal-regulated subsidiaries in Missouri, Delaware and ...

• Raleigh’s $750M budget calls for utility rate hikes

  Requested utility rate hikes in Raleigh's proposed $750 million fiscal 2014 budget, while drawing attention and comment, actually fall into the category of more of the same. Departing City ...

• Country diary Crook County Durham Ive often seen bees infested with mites but rarely one so heavily laden

  , fell from a truss of flowers and landed almost at my feet, brushing her legs over her furry back as if to rid herself of some irritation.When I knelt to look closely I could see the source of her apparent torment - dense clusters of pink mites, clinging to her fur in crevices that were beyond the reach of grooming. I've often ...

• More teens sharing more sensitive info on social media

  Parents, pay attention. Your teens are sharing more information about themselves on social media sites than ever before, and you might want to know what they're sharing. Some quick numbers parents need to know: + 91 percent. That's how many teens post photos of themselves, up from 79 percent in 2006. + 71 percent. That's how many teens post their school names, up from 49 ...

• Woman killed in Raleigh crash

  Raleigh, N.C. - A woman was killed Wednesday morning in a wreck involving a school bus and a car, Raleigh police said.Officers closed Atlantic Avenue between Spring Forest and Millbrook roads in north Raleigh for about four hours following the wreck.  The woman, who was in the car, was not immediately identified. Police said she was in her 20s. No students were on the bus at the time of the ...

• Land Application Permit Public Meeting

  The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission will conduct a public meeting on Thursday June 13, 2013 at 7:00 pm (registration opens at 6:30 pm) concerning the proposed modification of Water Quality Permit No. WQ0001730, Land Application of Residuals at the Neuse River Wastewater Treatment Plant. The city has spent over ten years investigating, sampling and modeling groundwater beneath ...

• Citrix’s downtown Raleigh building could add two floors

  Citrix Systems office building in downtown Raleigh could be happening sooner rather than later. The developers of the building project have filed a new site plan for "phase 2" that, if approved, would allow for construction of an additional two floors of office space, or 39,346 square feet that would be built atop the 126,646-square-foot building currently under construction at 120 S. ...

• Redfin The Triangle is the slowest-moving housing market

  a new report by Redfin that tracked the speed of homes sales in April highlighting the fastest- and slowest-moving markets across the country. The Triangle housing market ranked as the slowest-moving market among the 22 real estate markets measured ...

• City of Raleigh moves to buy 12 downtown parcels

  Raleigh's city government says it has set aside $3.73 million to acquire 12 contiguous parcels covering 1.7 acres downtown for economic development. The land is next to a former Salvation Army property that is also being bought by the city. The 12 parcels are located at 330 E. Hargett St.; 210, 214, 218, 224, 226 and 228 S. Bloodworth St.; and 317, 319, 323, 325, and 327 E. Martin St. In ...

• Biogens new MS drug could be manufactured in RTP

  A Biogen Idec (Nasdaq: BIIB) spokesperson confirms that "steps" are being taken to support commercial manufacturing of Plegridy in Research Triangle Park, should the new multiple sclerosis treatment be approved. RTP is already a Biogen hotbed when it comes to its MS portfolio, as both Avonex and Tysabri are already manufactured here. Additionally, there has been talk of Biogen's ...

• Police tie north Raleigh murder to burglary attempt

  Raleigh, N.C. - Three people have been arrested in the death last week of a 30-year-old Elizabethtown mother of two who recently moved to Raleigh and was found covered in blood inside her apartment last week, Raleigh police said Wednesday.Ronald Lee Anthony, 23, of 1800 Bloodworth St., Raleigh, Travion Devonte Smith, 20, of Raleigh, and Sarah Rene Redden, 18, of 3209 Scotch Pine Trail, Wake ...

• New credit line to fund growth of lab on a chip

  says it has gained a new credit facility from Square 1 Bank, of Durham, with plans to use the cash to fund its growth and product development. Terms were not immediately released. You'll recall that ...

• Business Insider Wilmington among best future housing markets

  the latest CoreLogic Case-Shiller report , BI ranks the top 15 by the projected annualized change in home prices between Q4 2012 and Q4 2017. Wilmington ranks No. 13 on the list, with annualized expected growth of 7.1 percent over the next five years. The analysis also notes that current home prices in the Wilmington metro area are down by 25.6 percent from their Q2 2007 peak. To provide ...

• Oil company says ex-employee stole trade secrets

  Two oil companies are in litigation in the North Carolina Business Court. An Asheboro-area oil company is suing a former employee in Fuquay-Varina, claiming that he and a competing oil company conspired to steal customer lists and other private information. Pugh Oil Co. alleges that Jeff Zimmer copied vast quantities of information from its computers on March 19, while he was still an employee, ...

• NRC to inspect Duke North Carolina Harris nuclear reactor

  Wed May 22, 2013 1:00pm EDT May 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said Wednesday that it was launching a special inspection at Duke Energy Corp's Harris nuclear power plant in North Carolina over a "quarter-inch flaw" on the plant's reactor vessel head. Duke shut the 900-megawatt (MW) plant on May 15 when further analysis of ultrasonic data gathered ...

• Federal inspectors launch investigation after North Carolina nuclear plant shutdown

  RALEIGH, N.C. – Federal regulators said Wednesday that they are conducting a special inspection of a nuclear power plant outside North Carolina's capital city that was forced to shut down last week after operators discovered corrosion and cracking in the reactor vessel's covering. Two Nuclear Regulatory Commission specialist inspectors will join the on-site NRC inspectors ...

• Testing gaps plague N.C.s new electronic Medicaid claims paying system

  Sufficient testing has not been done to ensure the state's new computerized Medicaid claims paying system, NCTracks, will be ready for primetime when the go-live switch is thrown July 1, says North Carolina ...

• Salix reports successful Phase 3 for colitis candidate

  Salix Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: SLXP) says it successfully completed trials to evaluate the efficacy and treatment for active mild to moderate ulcerative proctitis (UP) or ulcerative proctosigmoiditis (UPS). Salix reported that in each of the two Phase 3 studies, "a statistically significant proportion of subjects treated with budesonide foam (the Salix treatment) achieved clinical ...

• The List The Triangle’s largest graphic design firms

  In its simplest form, graphic design is using any visual medium - be it a poster, a newspaper advertisement or a business logo - to convey a message. We see all sorts of designs in our daily lives, from candy wrappers to T-shirts. There are a number of firms in the Triangle that do this type of work on a daily basis. These firms work with a myriad of clients, including public companies such ...

• Glaxo to get up to $200M for bioterrorism research

  GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) is teaming with the U.S. to fight bioterrorism. The company, which has its U.S. headquarters in Research Triangle Park, is collaborating with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in a deal to develop antibiotics to treat resistant infections and bioterrorist threats. The agreement ...

• Review of Gluten-Free Dining Options at Twisted Fork in Raleigh

  Twisted Fork, located at 3751 Sumner Boulevard, is a restaurant at north Raleigh's Triangle Town Center. While the Twisted Fork's entrees primarily are pasta, the restaurant does have a number of ...

• Raleigh to get new fire station

  Raleigh City Council has awarded a contract capped at $2.7 million to Chapel Hill-based Resolute Building Inc. to construct Fire Station 29 at 12117 Leesville Rd. Work is scheduled to begin this summer with completion in approximately 10 months, according to the city. The 10,000-square-foot station will house Raleigh's Engine Company 29. The design calls for three apparatus bays, ...

• Raleighs outgoing City Manager wants to add 40 workers

  J. Russell Allen wants to increase spending by nearly 5 percent to $705 million in a new fiscal 2014 budget that gives existing workers a 3 percent merit bump and adds 40 new employees to the payroll. Allen presented his proposals to City Council Council on Tuesday. On April 17, the Raleigh City Council ...

• CIS to triple its office space in Morrisville

  When life science consulting firm Compliance Implementation Services moves into its new office next year in the new Perimeter Two office building in Morrisville, the move will represent a nearly tripling of the company's operations in the Triangle. Compliance Implementation Services, or CIS, was one of three companies that ...

• N.C.s Medicaid shortfall increased by $85 million

  Aldona Wos blamed the previous administration's forecasting models, which apparently did not properly calculate how much Medicaid would cost the state. The shortfall for this year will now come to an estimated $333 million. On May 2, state ...

• Seven subjects China does not want Duke to teach

  Chinese leadership has reportedly listed seven topics that may not be discussed in university classrooms there. This calls into question the academic freedom ...

• In Durham women rule says NerdWallet

  Bull City has netted another number one ranking, this time as the number one best city for women in the workforce. Specifically, the Durham-Chapel Hill metro ranked number one in the "medium cities" category in the ...

• N.C. DOT grants $6.2M to project aimed at reducing air pollution

  N.C. Department of Transportation is granting $6.2 million for a project that aims to reduce air pollution in the Triangle by promoting vehicles that run on electricity, propane and natural gas. The Clean Fuel Advanced Technology project was launched in 2006 and is led by the N.C. Solar Center at N.C. State University. It focuses on improving air quality in 24 North Carolina counties, including ...

• Brockton Drive Lake and Dam Project Public Meeting

  The City of Raleigh Stormwater Utility Division would like to present the final design for construction for the Brockton Drive Lake and Dam project. Please join us as we discuss what to expect during the construction phase and share any questions you may ...

• AG Roy Cooper Watch out for disaster relief scams

  Roy Cooper issued a statement on Tuesday cautioning people who plan to donate to the Oklahoma tornado relief efforts to make sure they aren't dealing with scam artists. Although the state's consumer protection division hasn't received any complaints about fraudulent fundraising activities in connection to Oklahoma disaster relief, previous natural disasters have elicited scams, ...

• Michael Jordan summons Hugo the Hornet to Charlotte

  NBA franchise's application Tuesday to re-claim the name of the city's original basketball team : the Hornets. A name change requires approval from the 30 members of the NBA board of governors. The league will vote on the name change in July. If approved, Charlotte would play one more season as the Bobcats and become the Hornets for the 2014-15 season. Until last month, New Orleans ...

• N.C. ferries get ready for summer

  One of the pleasures of visiting the North Carolina coast is the chance to ride one of the ferries. It's a fun trip, and it has the purpose of getting you to neat places. Ferry service is being increased in preparation for summer vacationers, with the Ocracoke-Hatteras ferry now offering 36 trips each day. It's the busiest route in the ferry ...

• Tampa Bay Water hires CEO from North Carolina

  Jordan Tampa Bay Water has hired the CEO of the Cape Fear Utility Authority in North Carolina as its general manager. Matthew Jordans hiring must still be approved by the Tampa utilitys Board of Directors on June 17, but if approved, he will begin work on July 8, WHQR said. No salary details were provided in the report. Tampa Bay Water serves three counties and the cities of Tampa, St. ...

• Judith Durham improves after stroke

  JUDITH Durham of The Seekers is continuing to make positive improvement following a stroke after her Melbourne concert last ...

• WFU buys Winston-Salem coliseum

  Wake Forest University in the Triangle may be happy to hear that, after three years of negotiations, the Winston-Salem City Council has approved the sale of the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum to Wake Forest University. The university will pay $8 million for the coliseum, where its basketball team plays its game, and spend another $10 million on ...

• Are N.C. schools ready for twisters

  The answer to the question of whether schools in North Carolina are ready to protect kids, teachers and employees from the ravages of tornadoes is this: Plans are in place, but there's no guarantee against a storm of the speed and magnitude of the one that struck in Moore, Okla. Wake County's plan outlines where teachers and kids should go and what the should do when warned of a storm ...

• North Carolina Bill Targets Drivers Who Pass School Buses

  North Carolina lawmakers want to increase the consequences for drivers who fail to stop for school buses picking up or dropping off students. The bill approved unanimously by the House would require those convicted of the misdemeanor charge to receive a minimum $500 fine. A driver who hits a child and faces a felony would receive a minimum $2,500 fine, while a death conviction would mean at ...

• Raleigh waits for higher powers to decide on sweepstakes parlors

  Raleigh, N.C. - Raleigh City Councilors are waiting for state and county decisions before taking any action against Raleigh's sweepstakes parlors.At Tuesday's Law and Public Safety Committee meeting, City Attorney Tom McCormick said city staff has prepared a draft ordinance that would regulate where sweepstakes parlors can operate, but should wait for more direction from the state and ...

• UNC Orange County collaborate on energy project

  An Army green megawatt generator shipped from Austria is now in operation approximately two miles from the Orange County landfill. The generator will be used to convert methane emissions into electricity to power the local energy grid and the construction of Carolina North. "It's a reciprocating engine, so it's much like the engine in your car except it runs on landfill gas ...

• Public Hearing on Sale of Retail Space

  The Raleigh City Council will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, June 4, at 7:00 p.m. to receive comment on the proposed sale of two retail spaces and parking areas in the City-owned Blount Street Parking Deck to Edison Land, LLC. The appraised value of the property is $627,627. The option to purchase will be granted to Edison Land, LLC for cash consideration of $12,500, and will provide for the ...

• Red Hat Says ‘Welcome’ and ‘Thank You’ With Free Concert

  One of Downtown Raleigh's most prominent corporate residents, Red Hat Inc., is hosting a free concert on Friday, August 2 at Red Hat Amphitheater. Alternative rockers Silversun Pickups will headline the event with supporting acts to be announced in the coming weeks. Raleigh-based Red Hat, the world's leading provider of open source software solutions, recently moved its headquarters to ...

• Community Leaders Celebrate the Selection of Raleigh’s Fayetteville Street as a Great Place In North Carolina

  The Raleigh City Council today saluted Fayetteville Street for being named "North Carolina's Main Street." Ben Hitchings, president of the North Carolina chapter of the American Planning Association (APA-NC) presented council members with a framed certificate honoring Fayetteville Street as a 2013 "Great Place in North Carolina." The honor is part of the "Great ...

• City of Raleigh Receives Public Technology Institute Awards

  The City of Raleigh has been selected to receive eight 2012-13 Solutions Awards from the Public Technology Institute (PTI). The national awards recognize outstanding achievements in local government applications of technology that enhance community services, improve internal operations and reduce costs. The City's Office of Sustainability will receive six PTI awards and the City's ...

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