AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Whole Foods Market (Nasdaq: WFMI) today announced the completion of its 2009 landmark 776 million-kilowatt-hour purchase of renewable energy credits (RECs) from wind farms.

By Michael Biesecker, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Jan. 25--DURHAM -- Residents in some eastern Durham County neighborhoods are incensed at a proposal to designate environmentally sensitive woods and pasture land near their homes for an industrial area.

By James Mayse, Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky. Aug. 29--An oil tank exploded Monday afternoon, destroying a second tank and causing some oil to be spilled into a ditch that connects to Panther Creek.

By T. Keung Hui, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Aug. 21--It's going to be a race to get ready for more than 200,000 Triangle public school students when they return to school on Friday. Newly built schools still need to pass municipal inspections.