The Environmental Management Commission voted to grant Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority the eminent domain and water transfer authorities it needs to proceed with the 48-million-gallons-per-day Randleman Lake regional water supply project.
Susan McLaurin created a sculpture of First Dog Millie presenting the American flag to Santa Claus. McLaurin gave it to the Bushes as a Christmas present.
A $20 million aquaculture project and a military manufacturing plant may bring revenue to Jacksonville soon. Mayor George Jones is seeking Saudi Arabian investment to procure new businesses.
The late Anne Locher Warner, author and collector of North Carolina folksongs, was posthumously awarded the North Carolina Folklore Society's Brown-Hudson Folklore award.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals affirmed the validity of Pamlico-Tar River Foundation's appeal of a Superior Court decision that denied a contested case hearing on the Cypress Landing permit. Cypress Landing is located at Chocowinity Bay.
Wib Gulley, former mayor of Durham, offers his views concerning the Triangle Transit Authority, a regional public transportation agency for Durham, Wake, and Orange Counties.