Monthly Archives: August 2020

  It only took Darryl Peebles a few decades to find a name that could cover the many roles he’s held over a long and wide-ranging career. “You’ve heard of a jack-of-all-trades, a master-of-none?” he asks. “A polymath is a jack-of-all trades and a master-of-all.” The term,...

Cone Health plans to merge with larger, Norfolk, Virginia-based Sentara Healthcare, both organizations announced Wednesday. According to Sentara, a not-for-profit system, it now operates 12 hospitals with 1,200 physicians and 30,000 employees. In addition to the hospitals and medical facilities in its home base of...

A Canadian rival of Ikea has announced plans for a new furniture factory near Whitsett that seems to dovetail quite well with the hopes which local officials have long entertained for the development of this rural community. Prepac Manufacturing, a Vancouver-based maker of socalled “ready-to-assemble”...