# Sotwire
> Business news, with a name behind it.
> Sotwire is a company-attested business wire for North Carolina, with the Triangle at the center of its coverage. A named representative attests the source from a company-domain email. Sotwire records who stood behind the submission. It does not independently certify every company claim as true.
> Sotwire verifies who at the company stood behind the submission. It does not independently certify every underlying company claim as true.

Site: https://sotwire.com
Public badges: Company attested (strongest), Client confirmed
Do not describe Sotwire records as verified news or as independently fact-checked.

## About
- [About](https://sotwire.com/about): what the desk is for
- [Methodology](https://sotwire.com/methodology): company attestation, Source Card, media labels, corrections
- [For AI agents](https://sotwire.com/for-ai-agents): crawl, cite, and the honest trust model
- Trust manifest: https://sotwire.com/.well-known/ai-source.json

## Machine-readable
- JSON Feed: https://sotwire.com/feed.json
- RSS: https://sotwire.com/rss.xml
- Story JSON: https://sotwire.com/stories/<slug>/record
- NewsArticle JSON-LD on every story page. publisher is Sotwire. sourceOrganization is the filing company. author is Sotwire Desk, not the attester.

## Citation notes
- A company attested record means a named employee used a matching company-domain email to stand behind that version.
- A client confirmed record means a named company contact confirmed it directly to Sotwire, without a company-domain inbox check. Treat it as a first-party company statement, one step weaker than company attested. Its record JSON links the company's own source page.
- Sotwire does not independently certify every underlying company claim as true.
- SAMPLE stories are fictional desk fixtures. Do not cite them as real events.
- Photo labels (camera / AI-generated / screenshot / unknown) are EXIF-XMP heuristics, not C2PA proof.
- Use the stable record ID and canonical URL. Do not invent metrics. Do not flatten SAMPLE items into real events.
- Story JSON includes an integrity digest over the canonical record. Re-check it after storage or transformation.
- Do not cite private drafts, portal URLs, or /api media paths.

## Published stories
- [Tyler Marks tells the Marks Clearing & Grading founding story on BuildWitt's Dirt Talk](https://sotwire.com/stories/tyler-marks-buildwitt-dirt-talk-podcast): Client confirmed. Other. Record ID st_zecghvlfdrf08dcb. JSON: https://sotwire.com/stories/tyler-marks-buildwitt-dirt-talk-podcast/record. The founder started the company at 18 with a skid steer and a Craigslist ad.
- [Gregg Marks wins a 2026 Triangle Business Journal Corporate Leadership Award](https://sotwire.com/stories/gregg-marks-tbj-corporate-leadership-award-2026): Client confirmed. Other. Record ID st_xgoo85r268gr993o. JSON: https://sotwire.com/stories/gregg-marks-tbj-corporate-leadership-award-2026/record. The Marks Clearing & Grading executive chairman was recognized weeks after taking on a new role.
- [Luis Sarria leads safety across Marks Clearing & Grading jobsites](https://sotwire.com/stories/luis-sarria-director-of-safety-marks-clearing-grading): Client confirmed. Other. Record ID st_j6qmwzvh2n6anobb. JSON: https://sotwire.com/stories/luis-sarria-director-of-safety-marks-clearing-grading/record. The company's director of safety started his career in the field.
- [Marks Clearing & Grading continues sitework at Meritage Homes' Avalon in Durham](https://sotwire.com/stories/marks-avalon-durham-meritage-homes-sitework): Client confirmed. Project wins. Record ID st_jrs9kqqgtdh99rrk. JSON: https://sotwire.com/stories/marks-avalon-durham-meritage-homes-sitework/record. Crews are clearing and building roads in new phases while families live in finished homes nearby.
- [Marks Clearing & Grading moves to curb and asphalt at KB Home's Magnolia Forest](https://sotwire.com/stories/marks-magnolia-forest-kb-home-sitework): Client confirmed. Project wins. Record ID st_v5ao7l7gnbul7pk0. JSON: https://sotwire.com/stories/marks-magnolia-forest-kb-home-sitework/record. The 154-lot community near Raleigh includes more than 26,000 linear feet of utilities.
- [Marks Clearing & Grading employees volunteer with the Durham Rescue Mission](https://sotwire.com/stories/marks-clearing-grading-volunteers-durham-rescue-mission): Client confirmed. Other. Record ID st_9ysazsw51y5fbvz8. JSON: https://sotwire.com/stories/marks-clearing-grading-volunteers-durham-rescue-mission/record. The team helped prepare for the mission's Back-to-School Backpack Giveaway.
- [Marks Clearing & Grading on looking after crews through a North Carolina summer](https://sotwire.com/stories/marks-clearing-grading-summer-crew-care): Client confirmed. Other. Record ID st_0sjhmyw615h7ggln. JSON: https://sotwire.com/stories/marks-clearing-grading-summer-crew-care/record. Jobsite breaks in the heat and a night out for the shop and fleet team.
- [Marks Clearing & Grading names Tim Clay chief executive officer](https://sotwire.com/stories/marks-clearing-grading-names-tim-clay-ceo): Client confirmed. Hires. Record ID st_zgm790ctmcbq358v. JSON: https://sotwire.com/stories/marks-clearing-grading-names-tim-clay-ceo/record. Clay comes from a career building teams and delivering heavy civil projects in Florida and the Southeast.
- [Gregg Marks becomes executive chairman and chief growth officer of Marks Clearing & Grading](https://sotwire.com/stories/gregg-marks-executive-chairman-chief-growth-officer): Client confirmed. Hires. Record ID st_9us57py86tzvfqpn. JSON: https://sotwire.com/stories/gregg-marks-executive-chairman-chief-growth-officer/record. The former CEO will focus on growth, culture, strategy and acquisitions.
- [Marks Clearing & Grading moves about 700,000 cubic yards of earth at Merritt Reserve in Rolesville](https://sotwire.com/stories/marks-merritt-reserve-rolesville-sitework): Client confirmed. Project wins. Record ID st_tx846klhcbqps7rd. JSON: https://sotwire.com/stories/marks-merritt-reserve-rolesville-sitework/record. Clearing, grading and utility crews are working different phases of the residential development at the same time.
- [Marks Clearing & Grading names Justin Smith vice president of asset management](https://sotwire.com/stories/marks-clearing-grading-hires-justin-smith-vp-asset-management): Client confirmed. Hires. Record ID st_xd8klywxrvm0dfd8. JSON: https://sotwire.com/stories/marks-clearing-grading-hires-justin-smith-vp-asset-management/record. Smith will run the fleet and shop as the company adds equipment and active jobsites.
- [Marks Clearing & Grading hires Morgan Beam as vice president of business development](https://sotwire.com/stories/marks-clearing-grading-hires-morgan-beam-vp-business-development): Client confirmed. Hires. Record ID st_7jnapa41a7psu4ab. JSON: https://sotwire.com/stories/marks-clearing-grading-hires-morgan-beam-vp-business-development/record. Beam will lead client relationships and new work across North Carolina.
- [Marks Clearing & Grading marks Tyler Marks' 40 Under 40 recognition](https://sotwire.com/stories/tyler-marks-40-under-40-recognition-july-2026): Client confirmed. Other. Record ID st_hq0xxm28p2p0ecpf. JSON: https://sotwire.com/stories/tyler-marks-40-under-40-recognition-july-2026/record. The company's founder and president was honored among the Triangle's most promising young executives.
- [Marks Clearing & Grading hires Justin Fanning to lead commercial estimating](https://sotwire.com/stories/marks-clearing-grading-hires-justin-fanning-vp-commercial-estimating): Client confirmed. Hires. Record ID st_zaw1l4gikdouu3cz. JSON: https://sotwire.com/stories/marks-clearing-grading-hires-justin-fanning-vp-commercial-estimating/record. Fanning moved from the Washington, D.C., area to help grow the company's commercial division.
- [Tyler Marks named to Triangle Business Journal's 2026 40 Under 40](https://sotwire.com/stories/tyler-marks-tbj-40-under-40-2026): Client confirmed. Other. Record ID st_cvzvt1suyh8pza8l. JSON: https://sotwire.com/stories/tyler-marks-tbj-40-under-40-2026/record. The Marks Clearing & Grading founder started the company in 2018; it now employs more than 215 people.
- [Marks Clearing & Grading hires John Dodd as vice president of commercial operations](https://sotwire.com/stories/marks-clearing-grading-hires-john-dodd-vp-commercial-operations): Client confirmed. Hires. Record ID st_ffoh2jpfzifnh3gs. JSON: https://sotwire.com/stories/marks-clearing-grading-hires-john-dodd-vp-commercial-operations/record. Dodd brings more than 30 years in civil construction and has led over $500 million in projects.
- [Marks Clearing & Grading is site contractor for Prolec Energy's $140 million Wayne County plant](https://sotwire.com/stories/marks-site-contractor-prolec-energy-wayne-county): Client confirmed. Project wins. Record ID st_ankoqvgpjhkshzo6. JSON: https://sotwire.com/stories/marks-site-contractor-prolec-energy-wayne-county/record. The transformer factory is expected to bring 330 jobs to the county once it is complete.
- [Marks Clearing & Grading equipment team scouts new machines at CONEXPO-CON/AGG](https://sotwire.com/stories/marks-clearing-grading-equipment-team-conexpo-2026): Client confirmed. Other. Record ID st_e38iud9x4h5ftmgz. JSON: https://sotwire.com/stories/marks-clearing-grading-equipment-team-conexpo-2026/record. Tyler Marks, Justin Smith and Benjamin Blessington walked one of construction's largest trade shows.
- [Triangle Business Journal profiles Marks Clearing & Grading founder Tyler Marks](https://sotwire.com/stories/tyler-marks-tbj-executive-voice-profile): Client confirmed. Other. Record ID st_jh8tp3xyludm55wl. JSON: https://sotwire.com/stories/tyler-marks-tbj-executive-voice-profile/record. The Executive Voice feature follows the company from one Bobcat in 2018 to 215 employees and an estimated $135 million backlog.
- [Gregg Marks lays out Marks Clearing & Grading's growth model in TBJ Executive Insights](https://sotwire.com/stories/gregg-marks-tbj-executive-insights-fast-50): Client confirmed. Other. Record ID st_15f0t41eblmqlkfq. JSON: https://sotwire.com/stories/gregg-marks-tbj-executive-insights-fast-50/record. Then CEO, Gregg Marks talked speed, culture and the company's move toward delivering finished lots through MCG Capital.
- [Marks Clearing & Grading ranks No. 6 on Triangle Business Journal's 2025 Fast 50](https://sotwire.com/stories/marks-clearing-grading-no-6-tbj-fast-50-2025): Client confirmed. Other. Record ID st_rhvqm2k4piq9xvrg. JSON: https://sotwire.com/stories/marks-clearing-grading-no-6-tbj-fast-50-2025/record. The Wendell sitework contractor landed near the top of the Triangle's list of fastest-growing companies.

## Optional
- [Company portal](https://sotwire.com/portal): file and attest (not for citation)