More changes are on the way for the recently renamed Fort Bragg, and they come with a hefty price tag.
Published: Monday, September 4th, 2023 @ 7:09 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Court of Appeals has affirmed a decision allowing a fired state trooper to get his job back. Judges agreed that the State Highway Patrol lacked "just cause" to fire Trooper Joe Locklear.
Published: Monday, July 24th, 2023 @ 7:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A unanimous N.C. Court of Appeals panel has ruled in favor of a former state Highway Patrol trooper seeking to have his law enforcement certification restored.
Published: Thursday, June 15th, 2023 @ 7:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gay Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has announced he will be taking another 6 months of parental leave following his adoption of a section of I-95 south of D.C.
Published: Wednesday, June 14th, 2023 @ 8:19 am
By: Babylon Bee
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A Florida apiarist was bee-reft of over a million bees after a truck slammed into him while hauling his hives.
Published: Tuesday, May 30th, 2023 @ 8:47 am
By: Daily Wire
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Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) this week introduced H.R. 2551 to designate US Highway 74, from I-26 in Columbus, N.C. to I-85 in Kings Mountain, N.C., as a future interstate. Rep. Patrick McHenry (NC-10) is an original cosponsor of the legislation.
Published: Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 @ 7:49 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Have you been looking for some passive income in President Joe Biden’s America?
Published: Monday, April 3rd, 2023 @ 4:34 pm
By: Daily Wire
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I must go down to the sea again…to the lonely sea and the sky. And all I ask…. is for highway 12 to be rebuilt. And for county, state or federal money to pay for beach renourishment, so my house will not be swept into the ocean.
Published: Sunday, April 2nd, 2023 @ 2:06 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper, Federal Highway Administrator (FHWA) Shailen Bhatt and N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Secretary Eric Boyette highlighted a recent $110 million federal grant at the Alligator River Marina in Columbia.
Published: Monday, March 13th, 2023 @ 1:24 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation has replenished the state’s Highway Trust Fund (HTF) with $1.1 billion — two years ahead of schedule.
Published: Monday, February 6th, 2023 @ 12:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Expresses Appreciation for DOT Collaboration
Published: Monday, January 23rd, 2023 @ 2:38 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Major Investment Comes From Bipartisan Infrastructure Legislation Sen. Tillis Helped Author And Pass Into Law
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2022 @ 11:22 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Mrs. Dorothy Woolard Alligood, age 93, a resident of Old Bath Highway, died Wednesday, October 12, 2022, at Ridgewood Manor Nursing Home in Washington.
Published: Thursday, October 13th, 2022 @ 2:52 pm
By: Announcements
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Property owners in one of the few remaining rural areas of fast-growing Wake County are questioning plans to build a bypass for U.S. 401 that would dissect several long-time family farms.
Published: Thursday, February 17th, 2022 @ 7:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Bipartisan bill seeks to help clean up roadways and prevent littering
Published: Sunday, May 2nd, 2021 @ 12:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper has appointed Major Freddy L. Johnson Jr. as the next Commander of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.
Published: Saturday, April 10th, 2021 @ 2:58 pm
By: Governor's Office
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House Majority Leader John Bell (R-Wayne) on Tuesday introduced the Highway Cleanup Act (HB 100) to help address the growing litter problem across the state.
Published: Thursday, February 18th, 2021 @ 12:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper ordered all United States and North Carolina flags at state facilities to remain lowered to half-staff until sunset Friday, April 3, 2020 in honor of State Highway Patrol Trooper Nolan J. Sanders
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 @ 5:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The latest ratings of highway systems are out — and for North Carolina, the news is mixed. In general cost-effectiveness, our state’s roads and bridges rank a bit better than average.
Published: Wednesday, September 4th, 2019 @ 1:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper has signed the following bills into law:
Published: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019 @ 9:24 am
By: Governor's Office
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The N.C. House, as lawmakers began reviewing the budget May 1, supported a sprawling transportation budget, allocating $2.3 billion for North Carolina’s Highway Fund, and $1.6 billion for the state’s Highway Trust Fund for fiscal year 2019-20.
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 @ 11:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper today marked the beginning of the N.C. Governor's Highway Safety Program "Booze It & Lose It" campaign at a kick-off event for Operation Firecracker at the Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
Published: Friday, June 29th, 2018 @ 11:40 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper today signed into law the Build NC Bond Act of 2018, a new financing tool sought by his administration to help expedite critical highway projects
Published: Thursday, June 21st, 2018 @ 6:09 pm
By: Governor's Office
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This week, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) was thrilled to announce a $147 million grant awarded to the North Carolina Department of Transportation for improvements to U.S. 70 (future I-42) and I-95 in the eastern part of the state - the largest infrastructure project in North Carolina
Published: Monday, June 18th, 2018 @ 5:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Ford Porter, spokesman for Governor Cooper, released the following statement on the General Assembly's passage of SB 758, the Build NC Bond Act
Published: Friday, June 15th, 2018 @ 10:42 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Let's just be really clear about the Build NC Bonds proposal to borrow $3 billion for roads making its way, in different forms, through the North Carolina House and Senate: it's a bad idea
Published: Thursday, June 7th, 2018 @ 4:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lowering of United States and North Carolina Flags in Honor of Surry County State Highway Patrol Trooper Samuel Newton Bullard
Published: Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018 @ 4:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Since 2010, when voters put Republicans in charge of most state governments across the United States, North Carolina became one of about a half-dozen states where conservative reformers have frequently - and sometimes spectacularly - faced off with progressives in ways that have attracted significan
Published: Wednesday, April 11th, 2018 @ 12:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Federal Government funds around 20 percent of total infrastructure investment, not the 80 percent some critics claim.
Published: Friday, March 16th, 2018 @ 8:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Medicaid is the largest spending item of the roughly $53 billion flowing through state coffers this year, yet state policymakers have minimal control over the program
Published: Wednesday, March 14th, 2018 @ 12:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's time to pay up, a Superior Court judge told the N.C. Department of Transportation last week after issuing another order in a longstanding fight over the Map Act
Published: Friday, March 9th, 2018 @ 9:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A mystery shipwreck exhibited outside Nags Head Town Hall has a new sign thanks to East Carolina University art students
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 @ 10:52 am
By: ECU News Services
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Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey on Monday joined the Governor's Highway Safety Program, law enforcement agencies, and first responders in urging parents to make sure their children are secured in a child safety seat when they're riding in a car.
Published: Sunday, October 1st, 2017 @ 1:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) applauded President Donald J. Trump for his initiative to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and bring jobs back to America
Published: Monday, September 11th, 2017 @ 3:50 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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