Fayetteville police have identified the victim of a fatal motorcycle collision Wednesday as an active-duty soldier. Cooper Wolfgram, 22, of Fort Bragg, died from his injuries at a nearby hospital. The wreck happened around 7:35pm when Wolfgram crashed his motorcycle...
An NCDOT contractor will begin a bridge replacement project in Rowan County next week that is expected to last about six months. Beginning Monday, Agner Road will be closed in both directions near Stokes Ferry Road allowing the contractor to replace the current bridge...
Yesterday, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is awarding the state of North Carolina a $1 million, one-year planning grant. The grant will...
Senators Ted Budd (R-NC) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) have introduced the bipartisan Seeing Objects at Altitude Regularly (SOAR) Act. The bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to issue new regulations to require that all high-altitude balloons operating...
The state’s seasonally adjusted January 2023 unemployment rate was 3.8 percent, unchanged from December’s revised rate. The national rate decreased 0.1 of a percentage point to 3.4 percent. North Carolina’s unemployment rate increased 0.2 of a percentage point from a...
U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) recently co-sponsored legislation to reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act, which would provide state and local law enforcement agencies with resources to complete forensic analysis of crime scenes and untested rape kits. Tillis said that...
