FORT FISHER | Christmas Eve came with a bang 150 years ago in Southeastern North Carolina. At 1:46 in the morning on Dec. 24, 1864, the USS Louisiana — an aging, flat-bottomed powder ship stuffed with explosives — blew up…

RALEIGH, N.C., Dec. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — BBT Retirement and Institutional Services received a top ranking and 33 Best-in-Class awards in the national 2014 Defined Contribution (DC) Survey conducted by PLANSPONSOR magazine. The annual survey is considered one of the retirement…

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Demand Lighting USA, Inc., a business specializing in, LED Lighting, received national certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise by the Women’s Business Council – Southwest, a regional certifying partner of the Women’s Business Enterprise…

PLEASANTON, Calif., Dec. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — GSO announced today that it has entered into a Strategic Alliance Agreement with Norco. Under the terms of the Agreement, GSO will assume responsibility for all overnight package deliveries currently provided by Norco/OverniteExpress…

Local/State Enrollment shortfall could cost Wake County schools millions in NC funding

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RALEIGH — Cities and towns could ask state legislators for a special sales tax within municipal boundaries to make up for $62 million in lost privilege tax revenues. The legislature earlier this year repealed the privilege tax, which opponents consider an…

Charleston Southern fell to 0-2 this season against the ACC, and while an earlier season loss to Florida State was close late, Friday night’s loss to North Carolina State in Raleigh was never much of a contest. North Carolina State…

With help from Thrifty Car Rental and the TSA, local airport volunteers Joy Burack, left, and Terri Krass were able to return forgotten golf shoes to a time-stressed passenger.(Photo: Special to The News-Press) Here’s a cool story of volunteer tourism…

A few noteworthy tidbits from Boston College’s 85-74 defeat of Maine, the only game involving an ACC team on Saturday’s schedule … 1. It was Boston College’s largest offensive output in more than a year. The Eagles’ 85 points were…