For the 7,000 cities and towns that receive Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds each year, directly or indirectly, concerns are growing that that the foundation for transformative community projects is beginning to crumble. Over the last two years, Congress has cut funding for the CDBG program more than 25 percent, from about $4 billion […]
RALEIGH — Garden Williams Road was paved last year.
Actually, the paving covered a one-mile stretch of the road, which parallels Interstate 95 in northern Cumberland County and intersects N.C. 82.
Once the trees were cut down, the road graded, a culvert replaced and the asphalt laid down, the cost came to $728,547.
One small, single-family home sits […]
Legislative Republicans may soon head down a path that always seemed to befuddle their Democratic predecessors.
Assuming that they still control the North Carolina General Assembly in 2013, GOP lawmakers say that they will take a stab at tax reform.
Democrats talked a lot about the same subject for a number of years.
Gov. Beverly Perdue, near the […]
House Republican plans to quickly pass a three-month extension of the transportation law Monday are in jeopardy.
GOP leaders set up a vote Monday requiring two-thirds of voting members to approve the extension. But Democratic leaders are urging their members to oppose the bill — nearly 50 Democrats would have to break ranks for the bill […]
Fayetteville, N.C. — The Fayetteville City Council accepted the city manager’s resignation Monday after what sources call a rift over police searches during traffic stops.
Assistant City Manager Kristoff Bauer will take over April 1 as interim city manager. The council hired Florida search firm Colin Baenziger & Associates to help fill the position permanently.
Sources within […]
WILMINGTON, NC– A Wake County Superior Court judge ruled Monday that the petition process that terminated the Monkey Junction annexation is unconstitutional. Monday, Judge Shannon Joseph ruled on the side of five cities fighting to declare the petition process unconstitutional.
Property owners used that process last year to defeat the City of Wilmington's plans to annex […]
The Chapel Hill Town Council has banned the use of cell phones behind the wheel, including the use of hands-free mobile devices by drivers. The ban, which is the first of its kind in North Carolina, is scheduled to go into effect June 1. The new ordinance makes cellphone use behind the wheel a secondary […]
An Internet sweepstakes company owned by George A. “Tripp” Sloane III, a member of the state Board of Transportation, owes the city of Wilmington $376,565 in privilege license taxes and late fees. Sloane, a Brunswick County developer, is also listed as the manager of the Cyber Spot LLC, which has about 60 Internet sweepstakes machines […]
GREENVILLE, N.C. -At a transportation summit meeting at East Carolina University, she told business and government leaders the key is to start with the roads, but it could involve you paying more money.
Already North Carolina has the fifth highest gas tax rate in the county. There’s been talk of adding fares on our ferries and […]
The Davidson County Board of Commissioners approved a resolution Tuesday night sending a local bill to Raleigh that if passed, will give the county some authority in responding to any future annexation attempts made by municipalities bordering the county.
Just 12 days after board vice-chairman Larry Potts shared his idea of a sending the bill to […]
