As RDU Brings On More Local Purveyors, Chefs Like Oscar Diaz Navigate Translating Their Brands to Busy Transitional Spaces
Airport restaurants come with rigid confines: Customer traffic is almost always high; staffing is almost always low. Hours of operation are set in stone. Airport executives have the final say on menu items, aesthetics, and prices.
Judge Rules RDU Quarry Deal was Legal; Umstead Coalition to Appeal
“We still believe our case is strong and we expect to win on appeal.”
UPDATE: Missing Plane Found in Umstead State Park, Two Dead
A small airplane crashed approaching Raleigh-Durham International Airport Sunday night.
Bond Brothers Gives You a Reason to Arrive Early for Your Flight Out of RDU
The beloved Cary brewery and other local eateries are coming to the airport in January.
Saige Martin’s Campaign Lodges Board of Elections Complaint Over Anti-Quarry Fliers at the Polls
It’s unclear if the fliers break State Board of Election rules regarding campaign disclosures.
Letters: Desperately Searching for Insult Pieces
And other things our readers told us this week.
More RDU Coverage
For the Upcoming Raleigh City Council Election, the RDU Quarry Is a Top Issue
“One vote,” Raleigh City Council member Kay Crowder told hundreds of residents rallying against a plan to add a second quarry outside Umstead State Park last weekend, is all we need to join the fight. And October 8 is “just around the corner.” It’s not that simple, however. The fight to stop the quarry—specifically, a lease…
RDU’s Plan to Lease Land for a Quarry Is Becoming a Political Football
The airport says the financial reward is worth the environmental risk. Conservationists are looking to local governments for help.
After Being Detained at RDU Under Suspicion of Being a Predator, a Local Gay Dad Is Fighting Back
Durham’s Rockwood Park is virtually empty when Henry Amador-Batten suggests that his son, Benjamin, take a turn on the long blue slide. The sun is shining and the temperature is mild, maybe eighty degrees. But the boy hesitates. “It’s OK,” his father says. “I’ll be right here.” The five-year-old flashes a wide smile and sets…
Founder of Online Community For Gay Fathers Detained at RDU After United Flight Attendant Accused Him of Inappropriately Touching His Son
As if United Airlines needs another public relations nightmare—in April, Dr. David Dao was injured and sued United after he was dragged off a plane after refusing to give up his seat—an incident that allegedly unfolded May 19 at Raleigh-Durham International Airport is making the rounds on social media. In case you missed it, here’s…
As Protests Mount Over Trump’s Immigration Executive Order, What Are N.C. Pols Saying?
Maybe, just maybe, protests actually work. That was the message both the White House and the U.S. Department of Justice appeared to send to the tens of thousands who converged on airports across the country this weekendincluding the fifteen hundred who showed up at Raleigh-Durham International Airport Sundayto demand that President Trump abandon a constitutionally…
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