Raleigh

An online map showing resources for aspiring entrepreneurs. A Kickstarter-style revolving loan program to help promising ideas materialize.

Too often on his walks through Raleigh, Matt Tomasulo found himself the only pedestrian on the sidewalk – so he hatched a plan.

Seeking to shed its reputation as an island on the edge of downtown, William Peace University is taking new steps to build goodwill with neighbors.

After a lengthy search and a series of squabbles with neighbors, the city has found a new spot for a long-planned visitors center at Mordecai Historic Park.

Gov. Bev Perdue on Wednesday announced the findings of an appraisal done last year on the Dorothea Dix campus, the state-owned property that advocates hope to transform into an urban park.