NATIONAL — The storm that brought category five winds to Mexico’s west coast is now a shadow of its former self. Hurricane Patricia was downgraded to a tropical depression this afternoon. Mexico’s tourism secretary says major resorts like Puerto Vallarta…

House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate budget writer Harry Brown included a combined $19 million for their home districts in this year’s budget. The spending will benefit a nonprofit baseball organization in Moore’s Cleveland County district, a planned museum in…

Authorities have arrested two men in connection with a fatal shooting in downtown Raleigh last month. It happened on Sept. 29 around 6:45 p.m. at New Bern Avenue and Hill Street. Police said the victim, 30-year-old Joshua George Ayalogu, was…

A woman who lives along Idlewood Village Drive in Southwest Raleigh said she was startled Wednesday afternoon to hear gunshots going off outside her window. The woman, who did not want to be identified, told ABC11 she heard six or…

E-Mail Alerts Newsletters All Things Avs Blog Colorado Avalanche photos Avs Mailbag archive. Ask Mailbag questions Avs stats, roster, schedule NHL standings Defenseman Brandon Gormley made his Avalanche debut Wednesday night against the Carolina Hurricanes at the Pepsi Center. Gormley,…

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ –Thermal Gradient and the Greater Richmond Partnership announces that Thermal Gradient, Inc., has chosen to relocate its operations from Rochester, NY to the Richmond Region. The molecular diagnostics solutions company recently signed a 10,000…

RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Junxure Cloud, the cloud-based CRM platform for financial advisors, was recently recognized as the Best CRM solution at the inaugural WealthManagement.com Industry Awards. Junxure is an industry-leading technology and CRM solutions provider for the…

RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ –Sprout Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Sprout), a division of Valeant Pharmaceuticals North America LLC, announced today that Addyi, a once-daily, non-hormonal pill for the treatment of acquired, generalized hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) in premenopausal women,…

Did you know the coastal city of Wilmington, N.C., has a thriving entrepreneurial community?  The team at Southern/alpha does, thanks to the town’s biggest advocate, Jim Roberts. Perhaps Roberts knows a little something about getting to journalists, since he is…

Reprinted from the Tideland News The group of scientists, policy experts, journalists and meteorologists met at Hammocks Beach State Park to discuss living shorelines. Photo: Mark Hibbs, Coastal Review Online SWANSBORO — Despite what you might hear, there’s strong evidence…