Dorothea Benton Frank, whose first novel “Sullivan’s Island,” named after her hometown, was released in 2000, will at 4 p.m. Saturday attend a fundraiser for the North Myrtle Beach Area Historical Museum. The author, whose 16th and latest work, “All…

RALEIGH, N.C., June 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — On June 17th, The Raleigh Clinic For Men opens to men in the Raleigh market. Director Matt Gillogly says that changing lives and restoring intimacy is part of the mission statement at The Raleigh…

It looks like North Carolina House and Senate Republicans are nearing the same impasse they reached a year ago over the best way to overhaul how the state Medicaid program pays to treat its 1.8 million patients. As House leaders…

BOSTON, June 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — ABRY Partners, a leading private equity firm, announced today that it has completed the previously announced majority stake acquisition of FastMed Urgent Care.  As the second largest independent urgent care organization in the U.S., FastMed…

File photo Old courthouse 1880s This is a photo taken of the Old Burke County Courthouse in the 1880s. The N.C. Supreme Court met for sessions at the courthouse from 1846 to 1861. The bill ratified Thursday allows the court…

RALEIGH, N.C. — Local chambers of commerce across the state are lining up in support of Governor Pat McCrory’s Connect NC bond proposal. The Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce and the Rowan County Chamber of Commerce have both passed positions of…

Mayhew, Lester Keith Keith Mayhew, 43, of Lynchburg, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, June 7, 2015, Keith was born in Farmville, Va., in 1971. He grew up in Phenix/Appomattox, Va., and graduated from Appomattox High School…

It may someday occur to certain Southern politicians that the greatest boost for a state’s economy and ability to attract top talent in every field is higher education and world-class medical centers. And where those institutions are strong, so, too,…

The state has saved Morrisville officials from the hard choice of going over budget or dramatically scaling back plans for the anticipated McCrimmon Parkway extension. But the decision could come at the expense of the $14 million Western Wake Competition…

RALEIGH, N.C., June 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Intelligent Apps, LLC has announced the release of ChuckTheSheep, a highly entertaining and addictive game designed for the iPhone. The game, which will be available on the App Store on June 8th, 2015, promises…