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  The Light 103.9 staff would like to say thank you for doing an outstanding job raising money for the children at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Locally we raised more than $54,000 for The Light’s annual Radiothon. Radio One, Inc. stations across the country, along with nationally syndicated radio shows like Yolanda Adams Morning […]

Via: HeyTru.Com Our Youth Matters Saturday Academy is a program that provides motivational speakers, tutoring, cultural enrichment and other activities to Triangle area youth. The organization is looking for parents & prospective volunteers. The program takes place on April 6, April 20, May 4, and May 18 at Reaching Your Goals Multipurpose Center located at […]

Via: HeyTru.Com 10+ 1 Ways To Celebrate National Poetry Month Write A Poem Attend a Poetry/Spoken Word Open Mic event (Click Here for Opportunities In NC) Support a Poet/Spoken Word Artist by purchasing a CD or Book from them Update your status on social media (Twitter/Facebook) showing your support for the art of Poetry/Spoken Word and […]

Durham City leaders, along with American Tobacco Trail watch volunteers, are kicking off a new season and a new chapter for the path. As you may remember traffic on the American Tobacco Trail slowed down a bit last year after a series of assaults took place. With added security on the trail city officials are […]

Getting a divorce in North Carolina could become more difficult if state lawmakers approve new proposed regulations. A proposed bill in the Senate called in the Healthy Marriage Act, would double the current one-year separation period and would require estranged couples to take counseling courses.

Pay raises for employees, no lay-offs, and no property tax increase; those are some of the highlights from Raleigh’s proposed budget for 2013-14. Monday, City Manager Russell Allen presented a preview of the budget to Raleigh’s City Council. Allen stressed the budget is still a work in progress, but said he intends to balance the […]

Federal investigators will be at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Tuesday to investigate allegations that the university under-reports crime statistics. Investigators have asked to see daily crime logs from 2009 to 2012 to find out if UNC has complied with the Clery Act, a law that requires federally funded universities to […]

Via: HeyTru.Com U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan and Wake Technical Community College are hosting a job fair that’s free to employers and job seekers. The fair will be held Tuesday morning at Wake Technical Community College in Raleigh. Job seekers don’t need to register, but employers do. The job fair will start at 9 a.m. and […]

It was recently reported that the towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro would become one. According to the website chapelboro.com, the two towns, which have been separate entities for more than a century, were going to change this week—as the Town Council and the Board of Aldermen will officially vote to merge the two towns […]

For the next two weeks, all lanes of the Cary Parkway will be closed between Two Creeks Road and Lake Pine Drive as crews work to repair major damages