Krispy Kreme has added new mobile twists to its popular “Talk Like a Pirate Day” (TLAPD) free-donut promotion. Columnist Dave Barry mentioned Krispy Kreme in a 2002 Miami Herald article on TLAPD, the made-up holiday’s first mass exposure. Krispy Kreme…

 Purchase Photos Renfro Lofts Condominiums sits at the corner of Virginia and Willow Streets in Mount Airy. The rehabilitation project turned a former tobacco warehouse into 37 condominiums. Close Email–> Print–> QR Favorite RALEIGH — A reinstatement of the historic…

Auto repairs could soon become more costly under a budget provision that would add sales taxes on repair, maintenance and installation services. The new revenue from the tax would go to poorer areas of the state. The sales tax plan…

State and federal authorities have approved plans — but not the funding — for a high-speed passenger rail line between Richmond and Raleigh, N.C., that would cut nearly in half the travel time between the two capitals and return rail…

UofL(Photo: WHAS) LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Eight regionally or nationally televised broadcasts highlight the University of Louisville women’s basketball program’s 2015-16 Atlantic Coast Conference schedule that the league office announced on Wednesday afternoon. Arguably the top conference for women’s basketball, the…

After a day of waiting, the 429-page compromise budget bill was officially read in on the House and Senate floor and posted online around 11:30 p.m. Monday. The budget release came just hours ahead of the Senate’s scheduled budget vote,…

 Purchase Photos Wadesboro Town Manager Alex Sewell served as moderator for the Anson County Economic Summit on Wednesday at the Lockhart-Taylor Center. Close  Purchase Photos Chuck Horne, standing, CEO of Hornwood and chairman of the Anson Economic Development Corporation poses…

By SHARON MYERS, The Dispatch of Lexington LEXINGTON, N.C. — People who grow grapes in Davidson County are a pretty close bunch, and they recognize they are part of a rising industry in North Carolina. In an area where agricultural…

RALEIGH, N.C., Sept. 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Blackstone Portfolio Companies are selected because they have the potential to become the next growth companies in the RTP region in North Carolina. The Blackstone Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EIRs), a team of some of the…

Email–> Print–> QR Favorite LAURINBURG — Scotland’s county seat is the newest of North Carolina’s state-certified retirement communities, officials announced this week. Laurinburg joins the 12 other North Carolina communities that are currently part of the N.C. Certified Retirement Community…