Beer bust

MillerCoors’ plant closing raises doubts about rural North Carolina’s promise and unites political rivals in condemning global corporate consolidation.

Sticking together

After 137 years working through tumult in the furniture and textile industries, a thriving tape business binds a Hickory family.

Built for growth

An improving economy and steady migration of newcomers are fueling a building boom.

Saddle up

Traditional methods make Stackhouse & Ellis Saddles a horse of a different color.

Storage wars

Self-storage sites are moving downtown to be closer to space-starved millennials — and city leaders aren’t too thrilled about it.

A dashing success

Two boom towns for the price of one: Beer keeps Fuquay-Varina’s growth flowing.

Engineered for success

Jill Wells Heath was told that an accountant could never run an engineering firm, but finance expertise carried calyx through its worst crisis.

NEWS AND VIEWS

By David Mildenberg

In Blog

Posted October 18, 2017

New Winston-Salem Chamber leader brings youth, collaborative, soccer skills

Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce hired a new president, Mark Owens, to succeed Gayle Anderson, who is departing at the end of the year after 21 years on the job.

By David Mildenberg

In Blog

Posted October 15, 2017

Bandwidth CEO Morken sees “golden age of communications”

This is a letter that Bandwidth Inc. CEO David Morken wrote for the company’s IPO prospectus, which was filed on Oct. 13. Dear Investors, Thank you for considering investing in Bandwidth. [...]

By Ben Kinney

In Blog

Posted October 12, 2017

5 Questions for Patrick Long

Patrick Long is a managing director at River Oak Risk LLC. He provides training to top-tier accountants, attorneys and wealth advisers on the proper formation of captive insurance. Patrick has [...]