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everafterinthewoods.com
North Carolina Shoppers Are Looking Beyond Supermarkets For These Farm-Fresh Finds
Seventy-five acres. That’s how much room one farmers market needs to hold its farm sheds, restaurants, garden shop, and a busy wholesale side. It opens every day of the year, closing only on Christmas Day. Rain, heat, or a chilly January morning, the gates still swing open at 8 AM.
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Duke alumni lead $3B AI startup weighing Triangle office
A technology company led by two Duke University alumni is considering the Triangle for a future office as it prepares to expand its workforce following a $150 million investment round. Serval, a San Francisco-based developer of artificial intelligence software for workplace support, announced Oct. 29 that the financing values the...
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WRAL News
Power restored to more than 2,000 Apex customers
Power has been restored to more than 2,000 customers in Apex. At 6:45 a.m. on Wednesday, the town of Apex outage map showed 2,378 customers without power in the areas of New Hill Olive Chapel Road and Humie Olive Road, north of U.S. Highway 1 and close to Pleasant Park.
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Raleigh News & Observer
Triangle reservoirs see lowest water levels of 2026 as drought intensifies
After a period of recovery this summer, the Triangle’s biggest reservoirs are all seeing dwindling water levels as North Carolina’s drought has stretched into the fall. Central North Carolina has been experiencing a drought since August. Both Wake and Durham counties are currently in a severe drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. While rainfall this summer provided some relief, hot, dry weather over the past two months has “caused drought conditions to rapidly worsen or reemerge in some areas,” the National Weather Service’s Raleigh office wrote in an Oct. 27 alert. As a result, current water levels in the area’s biggest reservoirs are nearing the lowest levels recorded since this summer, when several of the region’s cities put in place water use restrictions to conserve their water supply. Durham is nearing the trigger for Stage 3 drought restrictions, after enacting water use restrictions in June, said James Lim, the Department of Water Management’s water efficiency manager. Stage 2 restrictions are still in place, and the city is seeking ways to avoid enacting more restrictive rules. Durham’s main reservoirs, Lake Michie and Little River Reservoir, are even lower than they were this summer. The city’s reservoirs are 33% full, compared
spectacularmag.com
M&F Bank, Optus Bank Merger Could Reshape Black Wealth and Economic Opportunity Across the Carolinas
For generations, Black-owned banks have provided something many traditional financial institutions did not: access, opportunity, and a commitment to communities too often overlooked. Now, a proposed merger involving Durham’s historic M&F Bank could significantly expand that mission—and potentially change the financial landscape for Black families and businesses across the Carolinas.
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High Street Residential Delivers 370-unit Residential Community The Henley in Apex North Carolina
High Street Residential (“HSR”), the residential subsidiary of Trammell Crow Company (“TCC”), has delivered The Henley, a four-story, 370-unit residential community. The development is located in Apex, North Carolina, a suburb of Raleigh and one of the fastest-growing and most desirable towns in the country. Located...