NC bill to expand credit unions opposed by banks
They point to data that show that, over the past 12 years, banks have closed 40 percent of the branches in the state’s most ...
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Prolonged outage leaves Heavener residents without water
The town of Heavener, located in LeFlore County, Oklahoma, and its 3,000 residents were left without water for more than 24 ...
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announces update on I-40 Recovery as FHWA fast-tracks mineral access for North Carolina
This is another major milestone in the Hurricane Helene recovery efforts along I-40,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy. “I’m proud of the Department’s hard work to ensure North ...
Trump admin: I-40 rebuild project to use Pisgah National Forest materials after Helene devastation
The U.S Department of Transportation has "cleared a number of legal barriers" allowing the N.C. Department of Transportation ...
Crews will be able to source rocks from Pisgah National Forest to expedite Interstate 40 repairs
The highway administration said it originally expected crews to gather rocks from 20 to 50 miles away. North Carolina ...
March Madness: What to know about each of the 16 teams remaining in women's NCAA Tournament
JuJu Watkins' season-ending knee injury in Southern California's second-round victory over Mississippi State left the NCAA ...
More evacuations as wildfires burn in the Carolinas. Forecasts aren’t encouraging for firefighters
More people have been asked to join the hundreds told to leave their homes in the North Carolina and South Carolina mountains ...
LATEST UPDATES | Evacuations issued as six wildfires stretch across Upstate, western NC
Dry weather and millions of trees knocked down by Hurricane Helene last year are creating a long and active fire season in ...
Tennessee Transportation Department looks back at 6 months of repairs after Helene
The storm hit in September of last year. Since then, TDOT’s Mark Nagi said, the state has been rushing to get storm-damaged ...
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Wildfires in North and South Carolina fueled by drought, wind and fallen trees from Hurricane Helene
Dry conditions, wind and trees downed by Hurricane Helene fueled wildfires in North Carolina and South Carolina, where ...
Crash, oil spill reported on Interstate 74 near Interstate 40 in Winston-Salem
A busy area in the Triad is closed due to a crash and oil spill, according to officials with the Winston-Salem Police ...
Opinion
Trump won the presidential election, but not ‘by a lot!’
Trump’s 2024 victory was not a big win, as he won the popular vote by only 1.5 percent and did not win a majority of the vote, and he only won one of the swing states’ Senate races, ...