Counties

Ag officials tour locally grown food hub in Durham

Eastern Carolina Organics (ECO) receiving employee Andrew Pinney opens to taste check a sample from a pallet of fresh-picked organic strawberries from Vollmer Farm in Bunn, NC Wednesday afternoon, June 19, 2013 at the ECO warehouse in east Durham, NC. Deliveryman Jay Foret, right background, secures his truck before signing off on the shipment. ECO is a grower based produce distributor that moved recently from Pittsboro to a warehouse on E. Pettigrew St. in east Durham, NC.

Two U.S. Department of Agriculture visited Durham Wednesday to see an example of an emerging business model for distributing regionally-grown, mostly organic foods.

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EDUCATION

New Wake superintendent to get security and enhanced retirement pay

New Wake County Schools Superintendent Jim Merrill’s contract includes the ability to request security for himself and his family as well as coverage of his $16,500 a year contribution to the state retirement system.
REAL ESTATE

Kane plans 18-story office tower for Raleigh's North Hills

Kane Realty plans to begin construction of an 18-story office tower at North Hills in December. The tower is part of a wave of new construction taking place at North Hills. The $82 million project, to be built on Six Forks Road between the 17-story CapTrust Tower and the First Citizens Bank building...
CRIME

Raleigh hit-and-run driver had right of way, but fled after fatal weekend crash

A man accused of running down two women near N.C. State University early Saturday and then driving off had the right of way, but he was speeding and may have been driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, according to an accident report made public Wednesday.
DURHAM COUNTY

Durham County finds extra money for schools

The Durham County Board of Commissioners will add extra money for the schools without raising taxes beyond the county manager's recommended increase.
ORANGE COUNTY

Orange County holds line on taxes

The Orange County commissioners passed a budget with no tax increase for the fifth year in a row Tuesday night.
CRIME

Police add assault charge against driver accused in Raleigh fatal accident

Police filed a felony charge of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury against Adetoye Adekanmbi of Cary, whom they had arrested on felony hit-and-run charges in connection with the Hillsborough Street crash that killed Natalie Chidlaw and hurt Meghan Clark early Saturday.
EDUCATION

Wake hires Jim Merrill as schools superintendent

James Merrill, the superintendent of Virginia Beach City Public Schools and a former Wake school administrator, was named the new Wake County schools superintendent Tuesday.
CRIME

Family ends life support for inmate hurt in Wake jail altercation

Shon Demetrius McClain had been on life support at WakeMed Hospital in Raleigh since he was involved in an altercation with a Wake County Sheriff’s Office detention officer on the evening of June 4.
WAKE COUNTY

Raleigh seeks more water capacity from Falls Lake

The Raleigh City Council voted Tuesday to seek permission to pull more drinking water from Falls Lake, a move that would postpone Raleigh’s need for a new reservoir in eastern Wake County.
EDUCATION

Wake school safety task calls for more counselors

A task force recommended Tuesday hiring more counselors but not letting school employees or volunteers carry weapons in Wake County schools. The group’s study and report came in response to the December school shootings in Connecticut.