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Pest control company Orkin has ranked Raleigh-Durham the fifth worst city for mosquitoes. This is due to the number of treatments performed in 2013. Text “LIGHT” To 37890 for your chance at ticket giveaways and news before anyone else!…Standard Messaging Rates Apply The Top 10 worst cities for mosquitoes according to Orkin: 1. Atlanta 2. […]
About 60 teachers from Apex High School rallied outside their school Wednesday morning to speak out about compensation and dwindling teacher morale. Salaries for the state’s teachers are among the lowest in the country. Educators have received one across-the-board pay raise since 2008 – a 1.2 percent bump in 2013 – as lawmakers coped with […]
Yesterday protesters returned to the General Assembly to kick off the return of Moral Monday’s. Due to new rules and restrictions voted on recently, hundreds of protesters put tape across their mouths to avoid disrupting conversations and operations at the Legislative Building. Protesters not following the new rules could be asked to leave the Legislative […]
The family of long-time North Carolina Central University photographer Robert Lawson has announced details of the memorial service. It will be held at St. Joseph’s AME Church on Fayetteville Street at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 31. Beginning as a protégé of Alexander Rivera, Lawson took photographs of people and events on campus for 50 […]
Here are some local events that are happening in your area this week. For more and to post your own event click here: http://thelightnc.upickem.net/engine/Details.aspx?PageType=APPROVED&contestid=46430 Text “LIGHT” To 37890 for your chance at ticket giveaways and news before anyone else!…Standard Messaging Rates Apply Pre-Pastor’s Anniversary Event Date: 05/14/2014 05/15/2014 05/16/2014 05/23/2014 Event Time: 7:30 pm Is […]
Keith Crisco, the Democratic candidate locked in a too-close-to-call election for a North Carolina House seat against former American Idol contestant Clay Aiken, died suddenly on yesterday. He was 71.
NCCU in Durham a historically black university broke a record on Saturday awarding more than 1100 diplomas to undergraduate, graduate and professional school students. Text “LIGHT” To 37890 for your chance at ticket giveaways and news before anyone else!…Standard Messaging Rates Apply Congratulations to all the graduates in the area, that received their diplomas over […]
Duke Energy officials fielded questions yesterday during a public Q&A at a school near the Duke Energy Eden Plant facility in Moncure. The Moncure location is Duke Energy’s largest coal ash facility. The facility was the scene of one the largest toxic waste accidents in US history. Officials fielded questions about water safety, the integrity […]
