State regulators gave the go-ahead for more financial incentives to encourage Progress Energy customers to conserve energy. The N.C. Utilities Commission this morning approved the utility's Residential Lighting Program that will let Progress customers...

Here's a look at today's local headlines: THE NEW HAYTI: We understand the skepticism surrounding the latest plans for a revitalized Rolling Hills/Southside area just south of the downtown loop. But they said American Tobacco would never happen. Read...

Here's a look at today's local headlines But first ... PlayMakers' Nicholas Nickleby is as good as everyone's saying. Standout performances, stellar costumes, and a story with real heart ("You're my home." ) and humor.    THE SUMMER KNOWS: Ram...

Here's a lovely way to spend the night before Thanksgiving. Tune into HBO2 and watch "The Jazz Baroness," a documentary about the relationship between NC native and jazz legend Thelonious Monk and Pannonica 'Nica' Rothschild, a wealthy Jewish woman. It...

The big economic slow-down/repression/whatever they're calling it has taken a toll in many areas, but especially in the arts. Here and elsewhere, arts groups are struggling to survive in the face of budget cutbacks and dwindling audiences. And as it...