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The latest local news nuggets you need to know now.
It’s a dream come true…? Per N&O, the City of Raleigh and Live Nation are in talks to continue hosting a music festival at Dix Park following the fifth and final installment of Dreamville Fest—potentially under the same name.
RDU is taking flight! Five airlines are introducing 14 new routes beginning April 11, including nonstop flights to Bermuda, Kansas City, Dallas, Detroit, Nassau and more.
Call it a glow-up—Raleigh Fire Department’s Station 7 closed March 31 for renovations, including improvements like new windows, bathrooms, showers, flooring and LED lighting.
With its 7.8 million square feet of industrial space currently in development, Raleigh was named No. 12 among markets with the most industrial real estate under construction at the beginning of 2025, with current inventory expected to expand by 6.5%.
“Bigger Play, Brighter Futures.” Marbles Kids Museum launched the public phase of its first-ever Capital Campaign, which will fund the completion of a two-story addition feat. a new one-of-a-kind exhibit, a classroom for educational programming and a rooftop playscape—plus the beautification of the Blount Street exterior façade.
Always standing on business. … Raleigh ranked in the top 10 best cities for young entrepreneurs, determined by such factors as coworking affordability, wage and tax data, internet infrastructure, cost of living, and personal income.
Highwoods Properties is expanding its résumé. The Raleigh-based real estate investment trust purchased the Advance Auto Parts Tower in North Hills for $138 million from Kane Realty.
Pay up! A recently released study evaluating tolls as part of the Capital Boulevard Improvement Project recommends easing traffic congestion by removing stoplights and creating highway interchanges, with upgrades beginning in 2027.
RDU Airport’s consolidated rental car facility is in a (traffic) jam, as the plan is being ditched due to rising costs. Other options are being explored.
RIP. Former Harlem Globetrotter, actor and tallest man in America George Bell—standing at 7’6’’—passed away in Durham at the age of 67.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is canceling $500 million in food deliveries for food banks and pantries across the country, resulting in a decrease of such nutritious items like chicken, eggs, milk and cheese.
The Bathroom Bill is back. NC Republican senators have introduced a bill similar to 2016’s HB2 dubbed the Women’s Safety and Protection Act that bans transgender people from using a bathroom affiliated with their gender identity at facilities like schools, prisons and more.
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