Micah Melton may hold the post of beverage director at the Aviary (and for the bar’s corporate parent, the Alinea Group), but he still thinks like a chef. He started in the kitchen at three-star ...

The N.C. Zoo would get the go-ahead to rebuild one of its most popular attractions — the aviary — under a proposed state budget acquired by The News & Observer this week. Deep in the document, where ...