
“Motorcycle Safety Awareness Campaign” Nets Nearly 31,000 Violations Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month runs through May RALEIGH — The Governor’s Highway Safety Program has announced that state and local law enforcement officers cited 30,562 motorists for traffic and criminal violations during the “Motorcycle Safety Awareness” Campaign, which ran April 30 – May 6. “State and [...]

RALEIGH — Construction begins Monday on a N.C. Department of Transportation project to widen U.S. 220 from Horsepen Creek Road in Guilford County to the intersection of U.S. 220 and N.C. 68 in Rockingham County. The 13.2-mile section of U.S. 220 will be widened from two lanes to four lanes with a median, enhancing [...]

(Raleigh, NC) – Elementary and middle schools in several North Carolina communities will join others across the nation in participating in the inaugural Bike to School Day on Wednesday, May 9. The event, which aims to raise awareness of the benefits of bicycling to school, builds on the excitement surrounding National Bike Month in May [...]

(Raleigh, NC) – The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold a citizens’ informational workshop regarding the proposed project to improve safety and traffic flow at the intersection of U.S. 220 and Ellisboro Road in Madison. The workshop will be held from 4:30-6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 16 at the Madison Town Hall, located at 120 [...]

Various railroad crossings to close for routine track maintenance RALEIGH — To assist Norfolk Southern Railroad with ongoing track maintenance operations, the N.C. Department of Transportation will temporarily close various railroad crossings in Caswell and Rockingham. The closures began on March 19, and are now expected to continue through mid-June, weather permitting. Railroad crossings on [...]

Rockingham County, NC – The National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project Board of Directors named Rockingham Early College High School (RECHS) the North Carolina Senior Level School of the Year and invited representatives from the school to recognition ceremonies June 22-25 in Washington, D.C. All NEED schools have outstanding classroom-based programs in which students learn [...]

Date of Release: April 30, 2012 [STATESVILLE, NC]— On Saturday, April 28th 2012, Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page addressed an auditorium of citizens from across the Piedmont/Triad area at Mitchell Community College in Statesville, NC on issues Law Enforcement Officers face when encountering Criminal Illegal Aliens operating in the United States. Also speaking at this [...]

For immediate release RALEIGH – The N.C. Rural Economic Development Center has accepted Town of Madison and 10 other communities into the N.C. Small Towns Economic Prosperity Program, also known as NC STEP. The program helps revitalize small towns through a combination of community coaching, economic planning and targeted grants. It is designed for municipalities [...]

Date: April 23, 2012 From: Bud Cardwell, Mayor Re: MAYODAN BECOMES NC STEP COMMUNITY Raleigh- The N.C. Rural Economic Development Center has accepted Mayodan and 10 other communities into the N.C. Small Towns Economic Prosperity Program, also known as NC STEP. The program helps revitalize small towns through a combination of community coaching, economic [...]

Some North Carolina homebuyers have been surprised to learn that the mineral rights to their own backyards don’t belong to them, according to public comments and recent news reports. “Split estates” – where the mineral rights are reserved by the seller or assigned to a third party — are relatively rare in North Carolina but [...]
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