Modi tells Madison Sq Garden India won't look back
Signs read "Modi, the fascist" and "Stop spreading hate in the name of Hinduism." Khalid Ansari, a computer expert who works in Raleigh, North Carolina, came to New York to join the protest. Pointing to the Garden, Ansari said of Modi, "He's being honored ...
Wilson County sheriff receives 3rd-highest pay
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Rural Wilson County continues to be home to one of North Carolina's highest-paid sheriffs, four years after the former sheriff's salary sparked debate. The News & Observer reports (http://bit.ly/1uU3npV ) that then-candidate Calvin ...
Ga. police officer receives life-saving kidney from a stranger
Doctors say that both Raleigh Callaway and Texas donor Chris Carroll are doing “incredibly well” following the life-saving organ transplant operation. Callaway couldn’t be immediately reached for comment on Sunday. But in an interview with The ...
NC Museum of Art Goes Beyond Traditional Standards with 'Cloud Chamber'
RALEIGH – The North Carolina Museum of Art is looking to go far beyond traditional standards, and it’s using a “hobbit hut” to do so. The “Cloud Chamber for the Trees and Sky” is a walk-in camera obscura with a hole in the roof. The shelter ...
New Poll Shows Hagan with Narrow Lead Over Tillis
RALEIGH -- A new poll shows Democratic incumbent Senator Kay Hagan with a narrow lead over state House speaker Thom Tillis. The CNN ORC poll shows Tillis may be falling behind because of Libertarian candidate Sean Haugh. Hagan has 46 percent to Tillis's 43.
Durham nonprofit launches fundraising effort at NC Pride festival
In recent years, the LGBT Center of Raleigh has played host to most LGBT programming in the Triangle. But at a town hall that the Raleigh center hosted about two years ago, Cragg said she heard a need for more localized services in Durham. “Durham has so ...
The Bair Foundation Expands with New Office in Raleigh, NC
The Bair Foundation, a Christian child and family ministry has opened a new office in Raleigh, North Carolina recently. With 47 years of child welfare and social service experience, The Bair Foundation has impacted the lives of hundreds of foster youth and ...
Christian 'practitioners' rally at national conference in Raleigh
For more information about the association, go to www.ccda.org. RALEIGH — In Durham’s Walltown neighborhood, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove runs the Rutba House, a community that focuses on living intentionally together through conversations, sharing ...
City of Raleigh buys Capital Boulevard property
Raleigh, N.C. — The City of Raleigh and the owners of the Milner Inn on Capital Boulevard have agreed to a purchase deal that would turn the property over to the city by the middle of next month. The purchase would appear to be part of the city's long ...
Raleigh wellness company expands into Asia
Raleigh-based employee wellness company Workplace Options is expanding into Asia and has opened its 12th location in Bangalore. Workplace Options is an employee well-being provider, focused on work-life issues, wellness, clinical counseling and employee ...
