Caesars Virginia — a $750 million casino with nearly 1,500 slot machines, 79 table games, sports betting, restaurants and a luxury hotel — is now open in Danville, which is about an hour from Durham and an hour and a half from Raleigh. (WNCN)
Republican Jefferson Griffin is asking the North Carolina Supreme Court, which has a 5 to 2 Republican majority, to intervene in his effort to challenge over 60,000 ballots cast in his race for the high court against Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs. (News & Observer🔒)
Gov. Roy Cooper awarded UNC's legendary former basketball coach Roy Williams with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, the highest civilian honor. (ABC11)
The SPCA of Wake County is reducing adoption fees by 50% for adult dogs through the holidays (until Dec. 31). Adoptions include spaying/neutering, vaccinations and microchipping. (WRAL)
Chef Michael Bongiorno, who opened Bongiorno & Son in Raleigh's Lafayette Village in 2021, will add a to-be-named market serving grab-and-go meals and Italian pastries to the 1000 Social tower at The Exchange Raleigh next year. (Triangle Business Journal 🔒)
