by Julie Havlak As death rates spike across the nation, no one knows how many North Carolinians have died since the COVID-19 pandemic struck. New York City’s deaths from all causes soared 663% for the week ending April 11, while deaths rose 41% across the U.S. That’s comp
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, July 22, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Senate Amendment to H.R. 1957, the Great American Outdoors Act. The bill now heads to President Donald Trump, who is expected to sign it into law. “Eastern North Carolinians understand the importance
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Richard Burr (R-NC) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) introduced bipartisan legislation Wednesday to expand small business and non-profits’ access to federal COVID-19 relief. The bipartisan Employer Assistance Coordination Act would allow eligible small employers to partici
RALEIGH, N.C. - The North Carolina National Guard (NCNG) will wind down its COVID-19 relief operations this Friday, July 24, 2020. The NC Guard has been on duty for 135 days supporting North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, North Carolina Department of Public Safety, North Carolina
OCRACOKE, N.C. – The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division is temporarily reducing service on Pamlico Sound between Cedar Island, Swan Quarter and Ocracoke due to critical shoaling issues in the ferry channel just outside of Ocracoke’s Silver Lake Harbor. The latest survey by th
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) sent a bipartisan letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) requesting that they include robust funding and programmatic reforms for the Economic Develo
RALEIGH, N.C. – The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will host a community information session by web conference on Tuesday, August 4, about current actions to prevent and remediate PFAS contamination at the Chemours Fayetteville Works Facility. The public is invited to par
RALEIGH, N.C. – The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Division of Water Resources (Division) has denied a buffer authorization request by the Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority (RDUAA) for a proposed enhanced security perimeter fence. A buffer authorization would allow for impacts withi
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is seeking public comment on a draft discharge permit for a water treatment system at the Chemours Fayetteville Works site to remove PFAS contamination. Chemours is required under the terms of paragraph 12(e) of the Consent Order to redu
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Jim Inhofe (R-OK) introduced the Agricultural Security Risk Review Act, legislation that would formally place the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary as a member of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the Uni
MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. – The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries today released its annual Stock Overview of state managed marine fisheries species. The 2020 North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries Stock Overview reviews available information, such as long-term trends in catch, biological d
by John Hood For inveterate optimists, the past several months have been excruciating. A global pandemic has produced great suffering and death. A protest movement that began with righteous anger about the death of George Floyd has devolved in all too many locations into vandalism, l
