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Gov. McCrory has signed the controversial voter ID bill into law, that would require all NC residents to present a valid ID before they can vote. Now the NC- NAACP, who has been against the bill from the beginning has scheduled a news conference at 9:30 today to discuss the changes and talk about talk […]
Union workers at Fayetteville’s Goodyear plant are learning details on their proposed new contract. The tentative contract must be approved by union members which is why two informational meetings on the terms have been set for this week. The first was held Monday at Pine Forest Middle School in Fayetteville just down the road from […]
The UNC sexual assault task force is meeting Monday in another effort toward enhancing the policies and procedures for UNC Chapel Hill on how it responds to sexual assaults on campus. The task force was formed after several women filed a federal complaint against the university about how the school handled the cases. Although the […]
Join Victorious Praise for their Back 2 School – End of Summer Jam. Go to www.victoriouspraise.org to register to receive free school supplies, free vouchers for “Hair cuts & styles,” Friday August 9th at 5pm at 2116 Page Rd. in Durham, NC. (919) 957-7500. ALSO…. Back 2 School Rally & Giveaway Event Date: 08/10/2013 […]
The “Expanding Your Vision Conference 2013” begins tonight at Word Of God Fellowship – 3000 Rock Quarry Rd. in Raleigh, NC. Listen as Melissa talks with Bishop Frank Summerfield about the conference and its musical guest Israel Houghton:
The Durham County School Board said Thursday it has reprimanded Superintendent Eric Becoats after an investigation showed he acted inappropriately by using a school activity bus and driver on two occasions in June. The bus was used to transport Dr. Becoats’ friends and family to private events over the course of the weekend, including a […]
Unemployment rates increased in 81 of the state’s counties in June, including in all 14 metro areas. The State Department of Commerce released the figures Tuesday. In Wake County, the unemployment rate is 7.4 percent, up from 7.0 in May. Cumberland and Harnett Counties both rose to 10.5 percent. Scotland County has the highest unemployment […]
Former NC State men’s basketball coach Sidney Lowe is expected to make his way back to the courtroom Wednesday on state income tax evasion charges. Lowe was arrested in February and charged with three counts of willful failure to file a North Carolina tax return from 2009 to 2011, the last three years he coached […]
North Carolina’ Tax Free Weekend: The tax free weekend for general merchandise purchased in North Carolina is scheduled for August 2-4, 2013 and applies to the following items: Clothing, footwear, and school supplies under $100 Sports and recreation equipment under $50 Computers under $3,500 Computer equipment under $250 North Carolina’s Energy Star Sales Tax […]
Just days after Durham County prosecutors dismissed charges stemming from a previous traffic stop, North Carolina’s P.J. Hairston has been suspended indefinitely after being cited with speeding and careless and reckless driving. Authorities say that Hairston was driving 93 mph in a 65 mph zone on southbound Interstate 85 near Salisbury when a state trooper […]
