A national fashion jewelry and accessory chain is headed for the east side.
Houston, Texas-based Charming Charlie said Thursday it is bring a 7,000-square-foot store to Specialty Row at Hillcrest Shopping Center at 1985 E. Main St.
The store will take up space formerly occupied by Mary Grace Boutique and Fabric Emporium, which closed recently.
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The musical stylings of pianist Kevin Ayesh will be featured at a performance Friday evening at the 20th annual Arida Arts Symposium in the Bo Thomas Auditorium at Blue Ridge Community College.
Ayesh is only the second classical musician to perform at the event, which showcases North Carolina cultural arts in all its forms including music, poetry and visual arts such as sculpture and painting.
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RALEIGH, N.C. — Joel Kotkin, an author and Forbes magazine columnist who will be keynoting an economic forum in Raleigh next week, has some good news for Raleigh-Cary residents and businesses longing to see growth in the economy coming from the private sector.
In Forbes' latest "Best Cities for Jobs" report, Raleigh-Cary vaults to seventh place from 14th a year ago among "big Cities" (65 metros with 450,000 or more jobs) with a 2.2 percent growth in employment.
North Carolina's Department of Commerce Labor and Economic Analysis Division data reported slightly higher numbers. As of March Raleigh-Cary added 12,600 jobs overall during the past year, an increase of 2.5 percent. Government jobs, however, were down 3,200 or 3.5 percent.
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ASHEVILLE — More people have voted in Buncombe County so far than in most other counties, and the congressional district that makes up much of Western North Carolina tops the list in terms of turnout.
Asheville is responsible for more than half of Buncombe’s nearly 9,000 early voters, according to data provided by the conservative Civitas Institute.
Early voting ends Saturday.
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