Bayer USA Foundation Awards Grant to Durham Boys & Girls Club

The Bayer USA Foundation has awarded more than $70,000 to North Carolina nonprofits including the John Avery Boys & Girls Club of Durham.

Triangle Pint & Plate Opens

Triangle Brewing Company has opened Triangle Pint & Plate, a taproom which will open a restaurant in early 2014.

Durham Tech Foundation Receives $100k from Wells Fargo

The Durham Technical Community College Foundation has received a $100,000 grant from Wells Fargo to use for co-op and internship scholarships enrolled in the college’s Career and Technical Education programs.

ZinBurger Wine & Burger Bar to open Dec 10 at Southpoint

Zinburger Wine & Burger Bar restaurant will open at the Streets at Southpoint Mall on December 10.

Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club Names Sales Manager

The Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club has appointed Jon Campbell assales manager. In his role, Campbell will be responsible for developing new corporate accounts as well as working with groups and conferences that consistently book with the Inn. 

Duke to Open New Athletic Fields Dec 13

Three new athletic practice and recreation fields–two artificial turfs and one grass–will open on Frank Bassett Dr. to all Duke University students and faculty Dec. 13.

Quintiles Wins Two Scrip Awards

Durham's Quintiles has receives the top "Contract Research Organization" honor for the second consecutive year at the annual Scrip Awards.

Bookshop to Open in Downtown

Letters, a bookshop specializing in used, rare or out-of-print books, will open in Downtown Durham at 313 West Main Street.

Durham's GoGown Finds a Distributor

Durham's Go Gown, a medical health startup has partnered with Edison Nation Medical in Charlotte to distribute a disposable isolation gown to help reduce the risk of infection.

Motoroco's Restaurant, Parts & Labor Opens

Motorco's newly-opened kitchen, Parts & Labor has begun serving food from behind a glass walk between the showroom and the garage bar.

Durham's The Pit to Open Tuesday

Durham's The Pit, a barbecue restaurant is set to open in Durham on Tuesday.

Duke University to Offer Breakfast Delivery

Duke University will launch a Campus Breakfast Delivery program that will bring breakfast to students on West and Central Campuses in the 2014 Spring Semester.

Duke Men's Basketball Team Signs Four

Duke University Men's Basketball Coach Mike Krzyzewski has announced the signings of guards Grayson Allen and Tyus Jones, forward Justise Winslow and center Jahlil Okafor to the basketball team.

Scientist E.O. Wilson to Teach at Duke.

Renowned scientist E.O. Wilson is moving his biodiversity foundation to Duke University, where he will also teach a graduate-level course.

Durham Resident to Receive State's Highest Civilian Honor

The North Carolina Awards, the State's highest honor awarded to a civilian, will be awarded to Dr. John Harding Lucas of Durham in the category of public service.

Scynexis Names New Executive for Animal Health

Durham drug discovery company Scynexis has appointed Dr. Vivian Doelling as vice president of animal health.

Bell and Howell Names New CEO

Durham-based Bell and Howell, a provider of high-volume mail and document-management technology, has named Ramesh Ratan as CEO, effective Jan. 3, 2014.

RTI Receives Grants from Gates Foundation

The Durham-based research institute RTI International has received additional grants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for work on a competitive toilet development project.

Durham Bulls Athletic Park to Add Gigantic Screens to Ballpark

The Durham Bulls Athletic park will add three displays to the ballpark experience. One will be 25.4 feet high and 63 feet long. The mechanical scoreboard will be rebuilt and installed in a location closer to the center field berm, as seen above.The second will be an LED strip running the length of the remaining outfield wall, from center to right field. It will be 327.6 feet long and 6.5 feet high. The third piece will be 3.2 feet high and run 119.8 feet. It will be installed above the new club level within the main seating bowl.

118 Got Soul Opens on Parrish St.

118 Got Soul, a soul food restaurant has opened on 118 West Parrish Street.

Level Homes to Develop in Durham

Triangle newcomer Level Homes has plans to build in three Durham County communities. The builder has bought 214 homesites in the Brightleaf at the Park community, 144 homesites within the Cardinal Oaks community and 18 homesites at Green Gardens. Sales at Green Gardens have already started, with homes priced from the $165,000s. Level Homes’ units at Brightleaf will be priced from the $210,000s. Homes at Cardinal Oaks will be priced from the $150,000s.

Durham PR Firm Expands

Largemouth Communications has moved to new 3,500 sq ft office space on Slater Rd. to accommodate its growing workplace.

Vert & Vogue Celebrates Anniversary

Vert & Vogue, a boutique in Brightleaf Square will celebrate its 5-year anniversary by donating 5 percent of sales to SEEDS, a Durham community gardening nonprofit.

United Airlines adds Non-stop RDU flight to San Francisco

United Airlines has added a second non-stop flight from RDU to San Francisco that will run from April 1- August 18

Mystic Bourbon Launches in Durham

Mystic Bourbon, Durham's second distillery has launched.

Duke Lemur Center to Add New Kids Programs

The Duke Lemur Center has partnered with Bright Horse Afterschool Art to offer programs for kids in writing and illustration.

Duke Wins $15 Million Grant Renewal to Study Effects of Nanomaterials

Duke's Pratt School of Engineering has won a $15-million grant renewal from the National Science Foundation and the US Environmental Protection Agency to continue learning more about where nanoparticles accumulate, how they interact with other chemicals and how they affect the environment.

Chirba Chirba Pop Up Restaurant Brew & Skew Coming Nov 23

Durham food truck Chirba Chirba is teaming up with Aviator Brewing to open Brew & Skew, an Asian street food Pop Up Restaurant in Beltline Station on November 23 from 5-8pm.

Triangle Raw Foods to Open Vegan Cafe

Triangle Raw Foods plans to open a Vegan Cafe at 3216 Old Chapel Hill Blvd. in Durham in January.

Durham Tech Starts Back to Work Program

Durham Technical Community College will begin a new NC Back-to-Work Program with the help of a $119,600 grant from the State Board of Community Colleges.

NC Baptist Convention Elects Durham Resident to President

Rev. C.J. Bordeaux of Gorman Baptist Church has been appointed president of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.

Pop-Up Shop Opens Behind Motorco

A Pop-Up Shop has has opened in the DIY district behind Motorco. The shop features products from local artists and businesses.

Freelon Group Recognized for Design Projects

The Durham-based design firm The Freelon Group has been recognized by The American Institute of Architects' North Carolina Chapter recognized with a Merit Award and by the American Institute of Architects Maryland Chapter award for design excellence.

Law Firm Announces Peer Awards

Pulley, Watson, King & Lischer announced that several partners of the firm, including Charles F. Carpenter, Pulley Watson, and Guy W. Crabtree were selected by their peers for recognition in “Best Lawyers,” a publication for the legal profession

Durham Resident Wins Research Award

Durham Resident, YuanYuan (Laura) Xu, a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, has won the President’s Award for Research Competition at a meeting of the N.C. Chapter of the Society of Toxicology.

Business Leader Recognized

Paul A. Hackmann, CEO of Skill Creation Inc. and Skill Creations of Durham was awarded the “Steve Jordan Lighthouse Award” at the N.C. Providers Council Annual Conference in Greensboro Oct. 10.

C. Wonder Coming to Streets at Southpoint

C. Wonder, a women's clothing accessories and home decor store will open at the Streets at Southpoint with a grand opening November 15 and 16.

Mark Cuban Invests in Validic

Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team has made an investment in Validic, a Durham-based healthcare software company.

SciMetrika Wins Contract

SciMetrika, a Durham-based population health consulting firm, is a partner on a $1.5 million, five-year contract from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to implement a child maltreatment prevention program.

Housing Project Restarts With $12M Buyer

A 120-acre, housing project near Page Road has been purchased by GreenHawk Corp. for almost $12 million dollars.  The development will target buyers aged 55 years and higher.

Duke Endowment Soars

Duke University's Duke University Management Co. had a 13.5 percent one-year return on its endowment for the year ended June 30.

Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster Adds Member

The Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster has announced its second industry member: O’Brien/Atkins Associates PA, a design services firm located in Durham, near Research Triangle Park.

Coffee and Creame to open Nov 11 in Northgate

Coffee and Creame, a purveyer of Organo Gold Coffees and Teas and a topical pain relief cream will open Nov 11 in Northgate Mall.

American Undergrounds Adds to Team

American Underground, a startup hub based in the American Tobacco Campus has named Meredith Burgess  director of marketing and Molly Demarest has been named director of operations.

Durham Author Receives Award

Jonathan Katz’ book, “The Big Truck that Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster,” has receivedthe 2013 WOLA-Duke Human Rights Book Award. Katz, a Durham resident, is a former Associated Press correspondent and was the only full-time American correspondent in Haiti at the time of the 2010 earthquake

Duke Professors Implant New Cardiac Assist Device

Two Duke professors, Dr. Roberto Manson and Dr. Mani Daneshmand—both assistant professors of surgery at the Duke School of Medicine—participated in the implantation of a new type of cardiac assist device in a calf in collaboration with researchers from the National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan.

FHI 360 Names New CEO

Patrick Fine has been named the successor to retiring CEO Albert J. Siemans of FHI 360, a global public health-focused nonprofit.. Fine will take over in May, 2014.

Southpoint Crossing to get Yoga Studio and Animal Hospital

Arrichion hot yoga studio and Banfield Pet Hospital will soon open in Southpoint Crossing, located on NC 54 near Fayetteville Rd.

Life Sciences Consulting Firm to Open

Triangle Insights Group, a new consulting firm focused on the life sciences industry, will open today. The group will advice clients on strategic commercialization, portfolio design, licensing diligence, and clinical development decisions.

Textile Firm Raises $7M

Textile firm PurThread has raised $7M to develop antimicrobal fabric technology.

Auto Parts Manufacturer to Add 56 jobs

AW North Carolina, a manufacturer of automatic transmissions and transmission components, will expand production at its Treyburn manufacturing facility in Durham County, adding 56 new jobs.

Smashburger Coming to Durham

Smashburger, a Denver, CO based restaurant chain will bring a location to the Pavillion East at Lakeview comples on Erwin Rd.

Cato Opens in North Point Shopping Center

The Charlotte-based women’s clothing retailer Cato has opened a store at the North Pointe shopping center.

Mexican Restaurant Opens in Erwin Terrace

Restaurant Don Martelo’s has opened in the Erwin Terrace shopping center. The menu includes enchiladas, quesadillas, tacos, burritos, sandwiches, and soups.

Harris Teeter on Ninth St. to Open Nov 13

A new Harris Teeter on Ninth Street will open on November 13.

Baguetteaboutit Opens Brick & Mortar Location

Popular Durham food truck Baguetteabouti has opened a brick & mortar location on 2495 S Miami Blvd.

Railroad Corridor to get $24M Upgrade

A railroad crossing into Research Triangle Park on Hopson Rd. will get a $24 million upgrade to replace a street-level railroad crossing to reduce traffic congestion.

Bronto to Expand in American Tobacco

Bronto Software will expand in American Tobacco, adding 10,000 sq ft of office space.

Ice Rink Coming to American Tobacco

An ice skating rink is coming to Durham's American Tobacco campus for the holiday season at The Cage from November 16-30.