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Advance Auto Parts Will Headquarter In Raleigh, Create New Tech Jobs

Advance Auto Parts has chosen Raleigh for its corporate headquarters. 

In addition to making Raleigh its home base, Advance Auto Parts will be expanding its operations in Wake County by adding up to 435 new jobs over five years.

The majority of the new positions will be focused on technology, data analytics and e-commerce.

Governor Roy Cooper released a statement Wednesday announcing the expansion.

Advance provides automotive parts to professional installers and do-it-yourself customers.

The company already has more than 2,900 full-time employees in North Carolina, including over 700 based in its existing offices in Raleigh.

Advance's current headquarters are in Roanoke, Virginia.

Neal Charnoff joined 88.5 WFDD as Morning Edition host in 2014. Raised in the Catskill region of upstate New York, he graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1983. Armed with a liberal arts degree, Neal was fully equipped to be a waiter. So he prolonged his arrested development bouncing around New York and L.A. until discovering that people enjoyed listening to his voice on the radio. After a few years doing overnight shifts at a local rock station, Neal spent most of his career at Vermont Public Radio. He began as host of a nightly jazz program, where he was proud to interview many of his idols, including Dave Brubeck and Sonny Rollins. Neal graduated to the news department, where he was the local host for NPR's All Things Considered for 14 years. In addition to news interviews and features, he originated and produced the Weekly Conversation On The Arts, as well as VPR Backstage, which profiled theater productions around the state. He contributed several stories to NPR, including coverage of a devastating ice storm. Neal now sees the value of that liberal arts degree, and approaches life with the knowledge that all subjects and all art forms are connected to each other. Neal and his wife Judy are enjoying exploring North Carolina and points south. They would both be happy to never experience a Vermont winter again.

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