UScellular has announced that it made a $192.6 million investment in its North Carolina network in 2021. This includes $29 million in general network upgrades, $45.4 million in 5G modernizations and $118.2 million in 5G spectrum that will bring additional benefits in the coming years and advances the company’s multi-year 5G network strategy. Additionally, in…… read more »
TAX FILING DATES NC tax filing pushed back to end of February RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina taxpayers will have to wait a little longer to file. The News & Observer reports that after the state pushed back the date when it’s able to process tax returns to mid-February, it has now delayed a…… read more »
VOTER ID-NORTH CAROLINA NC justices examine legality of voter ID, tax amendments RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — More litigation on voting, redistricting and race has reached North Carolina’s highest court. Justices held oral arguments Monday examining a lawsuit that alleges the legislature was barred from placing constitutional amendments on the ballot because lawmakers who agreed to…… read more »
VOTER ID-NORTH CAROLINA NC justices weigh legality of voter ID, tax amendments RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s highest court is deciding whether the legislature was barred from placing constitutional amendments on the ballot because members who agreed to do so were elected from districts declared to be illegal gerrymanders. The state Supreme Court scheduled…… read more »
Following a nationwide trend, more people were killed in traffic fatalities in North Carolina last year than in any other year in the past two decades. The 1,755 people killed in traffic crashes in 2021 exceeded the state’s previous record of 1,704 traffic fatalities in 2007, according to preliminary data from the N.C. Governor’s Highway Safety…… read more »
PICKLE EXPANSION Quite a dill: Mt. Olive Pickle expanding in home NC county GOLDSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Mt. Olive Pickle Co. says it will expand near its eastern North Carolina headquarters with more production lines, along with warehouse and distribution operations. The company and Gov. Roy Cooper made the announcement of the $35 million investment…… read more »
AP-US-FLIGHT-DIVERTED-DISRUPTIVE-PASSENGER NY flight to Florida diverted over ‘disruptive passenger’ MORRISVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Officials say a disruptive passenger prompted a flight from New York to Florida to divert to a North Carolina airport. Raleigh-Durham International Airport officials say Frontier Airlines flight 1335, which was headed from LaGuardia Airport to Orlando International Airport, was diverted around…… read more »
TRACTOR-TRAILER CRASH Tractor-trailer driver killed in North Carolina crash WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Police say the driver of a tractor-trailer was killed in a crash on the outskirts of a North Carolina city. News outlets report the crash occurred at around 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday on northbound U.S. Highway 52, north of downtown Winston-Salem. According…… read more »
FATAL STABBING-MOTHER North Carolina man charged in mother’s stabbing death KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina sheriff’s office says a man has been arrested and charged in his mother’s stabbing death. According to news outlets, deputies with the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office were called to a location in Kannapolis on Monday about a possible…… read more »
DEPUTY SHOOTING-NORTH CAROLINA North Carolina deputy kills man trying to flee traffic stop LINCOLNTON, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina sheriff’s deputy has shot and killed a man who tried to flee a traffic stop and dragged the deputy through a field. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office says deputies tried to stop a car on…… read more »
