Do your part to keep the Fourth of July and the rest of the summer safe by never driving if you are impaired. That was the key message at Thursday’s kickoff of the annual North Carolina Governor’s Highway Safety Program’s Fourth of July Booze It & Lose it campaign, dubbed ‘Operation Firecracker.’ The event was…… read more »
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Avoid Drinking and Driving During Fourth of July & Summer
North Carolina News – June 24
AP-NC-TRAFFIC CRASH-TWO KILLED State Highway Patrol: Mother, child killed in car crash HICKORY, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina State Highway Patrol says a mother and her 3-year-old child were killed in a collision. The Hickory Daily Record reports the patrol says a car driven by 20-year-old Allison Faith Presley of Indian Trail crossed the…… read more »
North Carolina News – June 23
SENATE BUDGET NC Senate’s budget bill clears tax-writing committee RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina state government budget proposal written by Republicans that also would cut taxes by several billion dollars this decade has cleared the chamber’s finance committee. The panel’s approval of the measure Wednesday sets the stage for Senate floor debate Thursday…… read more »
NCDOT Seeks More Participation by Small, Disadvantaged Businesses
The N.C. Department of Transportation is encouraging disadvantaged businesses to compete for state transportation contracts. Starting in June, NCDOT’s Division of Highways in partnership with its Office of Civil Rights will host in-person, outreach events in all 14 highway divisions to educate disadvantaged business owners, or DBEs, about how to do business with the NCDOT.…… read more »
North Carolina News – June 22
TROPICAL WEATHER Youth home exec says ‘words cannot explain’ Alabama crash CAMP HILL, Ala. (AP) — The chief executive of a Christian youth home in rural Alabama says the community is working toward healing after eight of its children were killed in a fiery crash during the rains of Tropical Storm Claudette. Michael Smith said…… read more »
State Highway Patrol to Participate In Operation SafeDRIVE
The North Carolina State Highway Patrol will be joining forces with fellow law enforcement partners in adjoining states to conduct quarterly, concentrated highway traffic enforcement periods this year as part of SafeDRIVE (Distracted Reckless Impaired Visibility Enforcement). Operation efforts aim to eliminate commercial motor vehicle (CMV) traffic collisions through periods of high visibility enforcement along…… read more »
North Carolina News – June 21
TROPICAL WEATHER Claudette regains tropical storm strength after 13 deaths ATLANTA (AP) — Claudette has returned to tropical storm strength Monday morning as it nears the coast of the Carolinas. The system had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph Monday morning, less than two days after Claudette was blamed for 13 deaths in Alabama. A…… read more »
North Carolina News – June 18
TUBING DEATHS Search resumes after 3 tubers died, 2 disappeared on river EDEN, N.C. (AP) — A search has resumed for two missing tubers on a North Carolina river after three others were found dead and four were pulled from the water. Authorities say the group of nine people was floating down the Dan River…… read more »
North Carolina News – June 16
AP-NC-UNC-MULTIPLE GUNS-CAR Man with guns in car on UNC-Chapel Hill campus arrested CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Police at a North Carolina university arrested a man who a security officer found on campus sleeping inside a car with multiple firearms. News outlets report police at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill charged 39-year-old…… read more »
North Carolina News – June 15
AP-NC-NOOSES FOUND-PHARMACEUTICAL PLANT Nooses found hanging at North Carolina pharmaceutical plant DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Officials at a pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina have launched an investigation into the discovery of two nooses at a construction site. The News & Observer of Raleigh reports Merck and local authorities are looking into the incidents. Plant management…… read more »
