The following are highlights from this week at the N.C. Department of Transportation: Department Prepares for Hurricane Season June 1 is the official start to hurricane season. Department staff across the state is ensuring equipment like trucks and chainsaws are...
Roy Cooper ordered all United States and North Carolina flags at state facilities to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset Saturday, May 21, in honor of former North Carolina House of Representative George Graham who passed away on Sunday, May 15. Graham...
The N.C. Department of Transportation will temporarily close part of a Rowan County road for a construction project. On May 26, from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Heilig Road will be closed between Charmandy Drive and Faith Road. The closure is necessary to allow crews to...
North Carolina’s seasonally adjusted April 2022 unemployment rate was 3.4 percent, decreasing 0.1 of a percentage point from March’s revised rate. The national rate remained unchanged at 3.6 percent. The state’s unemployment rate decreased 1.7 percentage points from a...
Black and Latino households are impacted by overdraft fees at higher rates, according to NC Attorney General Josh Stein, and that’s part of the reason why he’s advocating for big banks to end the practice. Stein joined 18 other attorneys general from around the...
Former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory said he tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, a day after his loss in Tuesday’s U.S. Senate Republican primary to Donald Trump-backed Ted Budd. McCrory held a watch party in Charlotte’s Myers Park neighborhood on Tuesday...
