Up Front: We could use a bit more honesty when assessing work performance.

Charlotte food truck Tin Kitchen is branching out with a retail restaurant.

Closing House of Raeford Farms Inc.’s turkey processing plant in Raeford and hatchery in Rose Hill will hurt one of North Carolina's most valuable agricultural commodities.

No life-science company in the Triangle completed an initial public offering last year, illustrating the industry’s struggles since the recession. But three already have gone or filed to go public in 2013.

Industry insiders fear the sun will set on the subsidy that makes solar such a bright spot in a dreary economy.

Free & Clear: Politicians and activists tend to see other yards as green or brown depending on which color would be most convenient for their arguments.

Capital Goods: Relaxing certificate-of-need requirements is just one way GOP legislators seem intent on creating something resembling a free market for health care.

The Fresh Market’s slip in same-store sales won’t spoil the grocer’s expansion plans.

Piedmont Triad Research Park in Winston-Salem is rebranded as Wake Forest Innovation Quarter.

Federal cuts known as sequestration will close parts of Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway this year.