Opinion
Making the housing market meet demand
North Carolina is focusing on the right problem — and appears to be slowly walking towards the right solutions.
News
Crash data raises safety questions about bridge protests on I-40
CJ analysis of crash data shows crashes doubled when protests were scheduled on the bridge compared with the same time windows on adjacent Wednesdays and Thursdays without scheduled protests.
News
Berger floats state role in Raleigh MLB bid
Berger says NC may need a state role to land MLB in Raleigh, fueling debate over taxpayer support after the Hurricanes’ Stanley Cup win.
News
Chapel Hill-Carrboro parent group pushes back on classroom tech as state tightens rules
Claude responded: A new state law banning smartphones during instructional time took effect Jan.A new state law banning smartphones during instructional time took effect Jan. 1 in North Carolina, but a Chapel Hill-Carrboro parent group of more than 300 members says the bigger problem is the school-issued Chromebooks kids bring home. Founder Mary Beth Roche and UNC public health professor Karl Johnson argue district policy is moving too slowly and too narrowly, while a new UNC study shows uneven enforcement of the cellphone ban statewide and growing distraction from school-issued devices.
Opinion
Economic progress isn’t confined to cities
A new study from the state Department of Commerce shows that over the past decade and a half, 90 of our 100 counties have outperformed the national average.
News
Vulcan Elements becomes JDIG investment
Triangle start-up promises to bring 1,000 jobs to Johnston County.
Opinion
Why NC’s dead-last ranking for workers is… wrong
Instead of holding onto metrics like minimum wage levels or union density, let’s look at whether workers are moving into the middle class, whether they’re being paid fairly for their time, and whether opportunities are reaching every county — not just the Triangle and Charlotte.
News
UNC, Duke settlement leads to 102-bed hospital in southern Durham County
A recent legal settlement between two of the Triangle’s major healthcare providers will lead to a new 102-bed hospital in southern Durham County by 2032. That’s according to a joint statement Friday from UNC Health and Duke Health.
News
Duke and UNC Health bring $2 billion children’s hospital to Triangle
Duke and UNC Health have announced bringing NC's first stand-alone children's hospital to triangle.
News
Hendersonville and Cary named two of the “Cutest Christmas Towns in the South”
Two North Carolina towns made Southern Living magazine’s list of the 18 Cutest Christmas Towns in the South.
Opinion
Could the Triangle see Major League Baseball sooner than expected?
Centennial Authority Chairman Phillip Isley says a temporary relocation of the Rays to Durham could be a huge boost to the Triangle's expansion franchise hopes.
News
Urban exodus sparks Triangle-Triad merger
While suburban areas experience a surge of growth, inner cities like Raleigh, Charlotte, Greensboro, and Winston-Salem face a decline in daytime population by more than half.
