Settlement for North Shore Road will bring $52 million to Swain County - Mountain Xpress
In a long-sought settlement, the National Park Service will pay Swain County $52 million, approximating today’s cost of a county road that was flooded in the 1940s to make Fontana Lake. The announcement came from Rep. Heath Shuler’s office. Swain read more..
TABOR CITY, N.C. — South Columbus (N.C.) standout Ethan Farmer made his decision to attend North Carolina several weeks ago - sort of. In confidence, he told his father that he wanted to play for the Tar Heels, but the fondness for his other read more..
A bitter separation between North Carolina’s first openly gay lawmaker and her former domestic partner is converging Boseman, a Democrat from Wilmington, was first elected to the Legislature in 2004. She has said she will not run for re-election read more..
(AP) — Quinton Alton, ath, 6-6, 265, Hillcrest, Memphis, Tenn. Nick Appel, ol, 6-6, 310, Bishop O’Connell, Vienna, Va. Giovanni Bernard, rb, 5-10, 205, St. Thomas Acquinas, Davie, Fla. Russell Bodine, ol, 6-4, 290, Fork Union Military, Scottsville, Va. Tre Boston, ath, 6-1, 185, North Ft. Myers read more..
(AP) — Coach Dave Wannstedt has been working intently on recruiting since Pitt ended its first 10-win season since 1981 by beating North Carolina in the Meineke Car Care Bowl the day after Christmas. His recruiting class for 2011, that is. Pitt’s read more..
Raleigh, N.C. — Many of North Carolina’s top elected officials are getting together to show how they can work together in the event of a terrorist attack. Gov. Beverly Perdue, Attorney General Roy Cooper and other federal, state and local law read more..
Two North Carolina men suspected of holding up a convenience store were caught after police called to help change a flat tire recognized reported Wednesday that 31-year-old James Jennings of Claremont and 46-year-old Mark Franklin of Conover were read more..
State incentives approved in Raleigh have helped to secure the promise of 40 new jobs in the western part of North Carolina. Solaris Industries Inc. , an international manufacturer of steel tubing, says it will spend $3.2 million to build a new manufacturing facility in the Cleveland County town of read more..
