A $110 million grant has been given from the U.S. Department of Transportation to replace the Alligator River Draw Bridge (aka the Lindsay C. Warren Bridge) on U.S. Highway 64 in Dare and Tyrrell Counties. Senator Thom Tillis (Republican from Cornelius, NC) announced...
Siemens Mobility is investing more than 220 million dollars on a new carbon neutral facility in Davidson County and will bring more than 500 new jobs to the area. NCDOT contributed a 9.4 million dollar investment for roadway, rail and airport infrastructure needs in...
WLOS TV is reporting that a medical transport helicopter crashed just moments after the pilot made a distress call last night in Macon County. Macon County EMS Director Warren Cabe said the aircraft was transporting a patient and three crew members from a medical...
WNCN is reporting that a $5 million pledge to UNC-Chapel Hill will go toward supporting nursing students and developing nurse educators. Through the Bedford Falls Foundation, Joanne and William E. Conway Jr., prominent Washington, D.C.- area philanthropists and...
Roy Cooper on Wednesday released a plan to spend $1 billion he says will address North Carolina’s mental health and substance use crisis, including anxiety and depression rates that have almost quadrupled, overdose deaths that have jumped 72 percent and youth suicide...
The Carolina Journal is reporting that leaders in the North Carolina House and Senate announced an agreement on a budget amount yesterday for the 2023-2024 fiscal year. The increase for the biennium will be 10.5% — 6.5% the first year and 3.75% the second year —...
