North Carolina Archives - Page 8 of 10

NC Gas Prices Again On the Rise, Jumping 14 Cents Compared to Last Week

The price of gas has gone up once again. In North Carolina, the average price for a gallon of regular gas has increased by 14 cents over the course of a week.

Buncombe County, and North Carolina At Large, Sees Boom In Remote Work

It’s no secret that one of the biggest shifts in work life in the past few years has been the increasing popularity of remote work as the pandemic forced offices everywhere to shut down.

Rum Keg Girl, The Story of One of the Most Popular Grave Sites in North Carolina

Along the coast of North Carolina lies one of the most well-known cemeteries in the state, The Little Girl Buried in a Rum Keg

After Community Outcry, EPA Won’t Send Soil From Superfund Site to Sampson County Landfill

Facing vigorous opposition from environmental justice advocates, the EPA won’t send contaminated soil from the Kerr-McGee Superfund site in Navassa, in Brunswick County, to the Sampson County landfill, federal records show.

ReBuild NC Placed Hurricane Survivors at Fayetteville Motel, Which Has Now Evicted Some of Them

On Thursday around 11:30 in the morning, several Hurricane Matthew survivors living at an Extended Stay America motel in Fayetteville, in Cumberland County received a knock on their door.

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia Unemployment Down One Percent From 2021

As released in the Bureau of Labor Statistics report earlier last month, North Carolina’s unemployment rate was 3.5 percent in August, up from 3.5 percent in July.

The Winners of ‘Coolest Things Made in NC’ Revealed

The results of the annual contest ‘Coolest Things Made in NC’ was revealed last week.

Hurricane Ian Leaves North Carolina Devastated As Recovery Efforts Continue

After a devastating weekend where Hurricane Ian left a trail of destruction in North Carolina and many other states on the Southeast coastline, recovery efforts have begun as the state government and local communities assess the damage done.