North Carolina News You Can UseAlyah Baker, owner of NC-based clothing store Show and Tell Concept Shop, says that seeking out Black-owned businesses is a good way to strengthen your local community. (Photo by Moriah Lefebvre)By Max Millington, Emiene WrightThe season of giving has arrived. And while shopping locally should be a year-round affair, it’s…

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) — Just days after headlines about chaotic violence at The Streets at Southpoint, one of the mall's few Black-owned businesses was informed that its license to operate at the mall was being canceled. Michael Phillips has six more days to shut down his popular specialty store, Sir Castle Tees.Phillips suspects the mall…

APEX, N.C. (WTVD) — A brand-new black-owned business opens in Apex on Friday. The restaurant named Monifa's Southern Food will be opening and serving up Southern-style fare." Fried chicken, fried fish, fried pork chop, baked chicken; we have chopped BBQ collard greens," said owner Zane Marks.The restaurant is a soul-food lover's dream coming to southern…