1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (678+ words) Downtown Raleigh is among the fastest-growing areas in the Triangle, with nearly 7,000 new homes created since 2015, according to the Downtown Raleigh Alliance. But only 274, or less than 4%, of those new homes were owner-occupied, according to the alliance, the downtown booster…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (731+ words) Nearshoring is often presented as a race to identify the next manufacturing winner. The Dominican Republic already has several of the elements companies examine when evaluating production closer to the United States. The country combines a Caribbean location, an export-oriented…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (213+ words) $590M PFAS settlement: Chemours, DuPont and Corteva have agreed to pay North Carolina $590 million to resolve lawsuits over decades of PFAS contamination in the Cape Fear River and nearby water systems. State leaders say the deal is stronger than a previous…...

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2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (170+ words) Volaris, the low-cost Mexican airline, will begin flying nonstop between the Triangle and Guadalajara, Mexico, in October. Volaris will begin flying between Raleigh-Durham International Airport and Guadalajara three days a week on Oct. 16. It will fly the route on Wednesdays,…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (305+ words) The three chemical companies that dumped forever chemicals into North Carolina’s rivers for decades have reached a $590 million settlement to resolve several lawsuits in the state. The settlement, announced Thursday, is the “largest state environmental damages recovery in North Carolina…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (263+ words) As Raleigh-Durham International Airport carries out a $2.5 billion expansion, it has run out of office space for its own employees, some of whom now work in temporary modular buildings in the parking lot of the Airport Authority’s headquarters. Now RDU…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (433+ words) A North Carolina destination was crowned the nation’s best place for Generation Z — and the competition was tough. “Nearly half name the high cost of living as the single-biggest barrier to their financial success, which puts pressure on where they…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (844+ words) After dumping chemicals into the Cape Fear River for years, American Distillation Inc. avoided a $500,000 fine, and its owner secured a delay in reporting to prison. American Distillation pleaded guilty in December 2025 to knowingly discharging pollutants into the Cape Fear…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (237+ words) A new restaurant concept is coming to downtown Raleigh. Pizzeria di Territorio and attached speakeasy, Stoccaggio, is expected to open in early 2027 at 301 West Cabarrus St. in downtown Raleigh’s Warehouse District. Owner Brian Wojick plans to serve Neapolitan-style pizza, fresh…...