Get the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app. Learn More Continue in Browser Get hyperlocal forecasts, radar and weather alerts.Please enter a valid zipcode.SaveRALEIGH, N.C. — New businesses in North Carolina are bouncing back after taking a dip during the pandemic, according to the North Carolina Secretary of State’s…

The third annual Black Restaurant Week is underway in the area.The event, which aims to support Black-owned businesses in the community, starts Friday, April 28, and runs through Sunday, May 7. The week was founded by friends Warren Luckett, Falayn Ferrell and Derek Robinson. Black Restaurant Week – Raleigh is part of a nationwide effort…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — The store manager of a black-owned Raleigh business looted during Saturday's George Floyd protest said he understands why people are upset but there are "better ways to do it."ABC11's Bridget Condon surveyed protest damage in downtown Raleigh Saturday morning.Black-owned business Social Status had been looted overnight.'Raleigh is better than this:' 12…

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North Carolina’s first Black-owned children’s bookstore, called the Liberation Station Bookstore, is closing down its downtown Raleigh location after receiving death threats. According to reports by owner Victoria Scott-Miller, the store will close on April 13. Located on the second floor of a brick-and-mortar building on Fayetteville Street, it’s only had a steady location for less…