41+ min ago   (637+ words) Morrisville sweetened its deal with Novartis as the Swiss drugmaker expanded its investment in town. It also lowered two of the requirements the company must meet to qualify for the nearly doubled incentive. Novartis does not get the town’s estimated…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (678+ words) Downtown Raleigh is among the fastest-growing areas in the Triangle, with nearly 7,000 new homes created since 2015, according to the Downtown Raleigh Alliance. But only 274, or less than 4%, of those new homes were owner-occupied, according to the alliance, the downtown booster…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (731+ words) Nearshoring is often presented as a race to identify the next manufacturing winner. The Dominican Republic already has several of the elements companies examine when evaluating production closer to the United States. The country combines a Caribbean location, an export-oriented…...

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2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (170+ words) Volaris, the low-cost Mexican airline, will begin flying nonstop between the Triangle and Guadalajara, Mexico, in October. Volaris will begin flying between Raleigh-Durham International Airport and Guadalajara three days a week on Oct. 16. It will fly the route on Wednesdays,…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (305+ words) The three chemical companies that dumped forever chemicals into North Carolina’s rivers for decades have reached a $590 million settlement to resolve several lawsuits in the state. The settlement, announced Thursday, is the “largest state environmental damages recovery in North Carolina…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (263+ words) As Raleigh-Durham International Airport carries out a $2.5 billion expansion, it has run out of office space for its own employees, some of whom now work in temporary modular buildings in the parking lot of the Airport Authority’s headquarters. Now RDU…...

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4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (113+ words) Raleigh News & Observer One missed payment. Morrisville resident Cord Silverstein lost Blue Cross Blue Shield coverage for himself, his wife and daughter for the rest of the year after missing a single monthly payment following 12 years as a member. He…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (267+ words) North Carolina’s passenger rail system is trying to make it easier for people to get to or from the state’s train stations. Now when riders buy their train ticket, they can also arrange a free ride on the local transit…...