RALEIGH — As thousands of Wake County teachers begin preparing their classrooms for the new school year, WakeEd Partnership joined Wake County Public Schools Superintendent Robert Taylor, Wake County Board of Education Chair Tyler Swanson and Staples General Manager Yomary Wilder this week to officially launch the 2026 Tools4Schools Community Supply

DURHAM – The Triangle’s only multigenerational hub celebrated its grand opening June 25 in downtown Durham. echo NC is not your typical button-down coworking space. It’s funky. Energetic. Colorful. Call it “a YMCA for entrepreneurs.” The celebration marked its new home in the Measurement Inc. building on Hunt Street. echo

Riverside High School senior Shamar Washington. DURHAM – Just days before receiving his high school diploma from Riverside High School, Shamar Washington already has a plan for his future. He’s set to return to Durham Public Schools as a full-time employee. Washington recently completed an internship with DPS’s Transportation Services

DURHAM – Durham is dubbed “the City of Medicine” but lacked a “baby-friendly” hospital until 2024. “…And that made me feel really angry,” Love Anderson, one of the founders of Breastfeed Durham told The Tribune. At the time, robust lactation support was only available in Chapel Hill. The World Health

RALEIGH – “It is a beautiful day in the neighborhood,” said Sondra Collins, Southeast Raleigh Promise board chair, Friday morning. The official groundbreaking ceremony of 25 units of mixed-income affordable rentals took place on Gregg Street in Southeast Raleigh. “Laws alone don’t fulfill promises. People do,” Collins

Urban Ministries new Hope Day Center. DURHAM – Although Durham’s homeless might secure a bed at a night shelter, they often can’t find a safe, comfortable place in the daytime. Urban Ministries of Durham opened its Hope Day Center last week, which provides a stable environment and essential resources weekdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

DURHAM – The city of Durham is launching a new pilot program to increase affordable housing options. Accessory Dwelling Units are popular options in many locations across the country where a smaller secondary unit is located on the same lot as the primary home. The new pilot program focuses on encouraging more of these smaller housing options in

Members and staff of Sparkle Mentoring. Lakithia Chapman, of Clayton, wants her daughter, Lydia, to stand with confidence in herself and her abilities. This is why she enrolled her in Sparkle Mentoring, a 501©3 nonprofit program to help girls ages 10 to 18 build self-esteem. “The reason I wanted her to connect was for self-esteem, not that