Facing sluggish revenues, rising costs, and a recession, many local governments, including Wilmington and Greensboro, are reducing expenditures and cutting back on hiring.
In the wake of the tragic fire in a Hamlet chicken processing plant, North Carolina's Building Code Council has approved rules mandating fire inspections for all businesses at least once every three years.
New Bern resident and Bridgeton mayor Pete Harmatuk has collected a massive amount of fossils ranging from shark's teeth to a 35-million year-old sea urchin. Some of his collections are on display at the Smithsonian Institution.
During the next five years, Neighborhoods United of Greensboro and the city will cooperate in refurbishing a 65-acre neighborhood that has been plagued by crime and drug trade in the past few years.
Local governments in North Carolina must make decisions on five major water management issues: water supply planning, watershed protection, contaminated groundwater, basin-wide planning, and protection of wetlands.