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The Herald Sun reported today that Merch & Co. are expanding their plant and adding 150 employees at the Durham plant.
FEMA workers are hitting the streets to visit homes and give information on assistance to those affected by the tornadoes.
Thanks for coming out and making donations to help families effected by the tornado disaster.
Another eight counties are now eligible for federal aid, raising the total to 18. Craven, Currituck, Greene, Hertford, Hoke, Pitt, Robeson and Sampson counties were added to the list Thursday, joining Bertie, Bladen, Cumberland, Halifax, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Onslow, Wake and Wilson counties. Homeowners in those areas are now eligible for up to $240,000 in […]
The Easter travel weekend is upon us, but weekend travel plans could be impacted by soaring gas prices and the eastern half of the state still recovering from tornadoes that hit nearly a week ago. Gas prices are up $1 over last Easter. “Price of gas has got me staying at home this year,” said […]
Via News Channel 14: RALEIGH – Many in the Triangle want to know what they can do to help victims in the Stony Brook North mobile home community. Saturday’s tornado ripped through the neighborhood damaging or destroying homes and killing four children. A group of volunteers came together in a grassroots effort to organize things […]
On this Good Friday, while many are getting ready to celebrate Easter, some are preparing to serve others. The Durham Rescue Mission will hold its annual Easter Community Dinner. Volunteers fired up the grill around 10 p.m. Thursday. The free community meal will feature barbecue and all the trimmings. Volunteers also organized an Easter basket […]
Lionsgate’s “Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family” is expected to top the Easter weekend box office chart with a gross approaching $30 million, according to Paul Dergarabedian, a longtime box office analyst for the Associated Press. Tyler Perry’s films have generated over half a billion dollars in domestic revenue and the 10 feature films he […]
Churches in Beijing plan to worship in an open park in Beijing this Sunday. According to The Compass Direct News, the 1000 member congregation wants more people to know about Christianity in a country where most of the population are not christians. The church risk being arrested for assembling in a public place in China. […]
