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Move aside pickleball, there’s a new racket sport in town.
Hospitality tax dollars will be allocated for a new Raleigh Convention Center building, a Red Hat Amphitheater move, and funding for a Cary indoor sports facility.
Racers and racing fans, head to Dix Park for this unique Raleigh event. The Kirby Derby is an all-ages quirky festival with a parade, races, and vendors.
The proposed RDU quarry adjacent to Umstead State Park will move forward, following a recent court ruling.
Raleigh is a storied city with over 230 years of history. Learn more about the history of Raleigh and test your knowledge with a quick quiz.
Hopscotch Music Festival is back in the City of Oaks this September. Don’t miss your chance to see acts like Japanese Breakfast and Denzel Curry in the heart of downtown Raleigh.
Raleigh-founded tech company Bandwidth opened the doors to its new campus Friday, Aug. 4. The global HQ features plenty of fun employee amenities and state-of-the-art office spaces.
Since 1995, Cafe Carolina and Bakery has been serving up fresh baked goods, deli sandwiches, and well-dressed salads. They’re closing up this location, but reopening just steps away soon.
Subway’s newest promotion offers one customer a lifetime of sub sandwiches under one condition: they change their name to Subway. We want to know what Raleigh restaurant you’d do the same for some free food.
Members of the community are invited to help create Dix Park’s cultural interpretation plan, an endeavor to acknowledge the history of the park and approach it with sensitivity, one of the first of its kind.
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