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In honor of National HIV Testing Day, here is a list of testing sites in NC! National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) is an annual event meant to raise awareness of the importance of knowing one’s HIV status and encourage at-risk individuals to receive an HIV test. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that approximately […]
Starting today drivers in Durham could see a big green Triangle Transit bus zooming down the shoulders of freeway I-40. Drivers will be practicing the “bus-on-shoulders” program that will begin next month. The program will allow drivers on four Triangle Transit routes the option to bypass traffic jams by driving slowly on the I-40 shoulder… but […]
Three months ago gas prices hit the $4 mark in North Carolina, but today Triangle drivers are filling up for as little as $3.09 a gallon. Across the nation, gas prices are down 15 cents in the last two weeks. In central North Carolina, the price for unleaded fuel has lowered by as much as […]
A talent recruitment firm is looking to hire 400 people in the Triangle who will man a call center to support a telephone survey from RTI International, which is based in RTP. The part-time positions will pay $10 an hour, says Greene Resources. An open house is scheduled for Tuesday, June 26, from 9 a.m. […]
Adidas and Beverly Hills designer Jeremy Scott thought they were pushing shoe design forward with their new ”JS Roundhouse Mid” sneaker that comes with a set of plastic shackles attached.The shoe was to come out in August with the tag line: “Got a sneaker game so hot you lock your kicks to your ankles?” Needless […]
Did school administrators go too far? The mother of a Clinton third-grader thinks so after her child was strip-searched after being accused of stealing money from another student. Clarinda Cox says her 10-year-old son, Justin, a student at Union Elementary School, was ordered to take off everything but his T-shirt and boxer shorts on June 1 after a […]
Nathaniel Holmes told ABC 11 reporters that he feared for his life when his was robbed just before locking up a local Dollar Store in Durham. He and others were ordered back into the store by a man wearing a Green Goblin mask and carrying a gun. Holmes was releaved to hear that police had […]
Meteorologists say, “It’s going to be more summer-like this week as we welcome in the first week of summer. Temperatures are predicted to stay above 90 degrees for the rest of the week and very humid. Rain chances are likely at the beginning of the week but dry up by mid-week. source: […]
The Triangle housing market continued its run of positive sales growth in May, with sales increasing 28 percent and pending sales up 30 percent over the same period a year ago. There were 1,954 homes sold during the month in Durham, Johnston, Orange and Wake county, Triangle Multiple Listing Services data show. The numbers were […]
