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Officials to attend bald eagle release (The Charlotte Observer)
Local and state officials are expected to join the public Saturday morning when the Carolina Raptor Center releases a bald eagle into freedom, to honor North Carolina's veterans and fallen service members.Judge Clifton Johnson: An inspiring N.C. story (The Charlotte Observer) Clifton Johnson of Charlotte, who died at 67 last week of an apparent heart attack at a judicial conference in Asheville, lived a life emblematic of what is best about North Carolina. He was reared in a northeastern North Carolina farming community, attended public schools, earned undergraduate and law degrees at what is now N.C. Central University in Durham and went on to become a trailblazing ...
Business: Credit union CEO re-elected to N.C. Credit Union League board of directors (The Salisbury Post) John P. McGrail, president and chief executive officer of Lion's Share Federal Credit Union, won re-election to the North Carolina Credit Union League ...
Cheaper hooch pressures top-end brands (The News & Observer) Consumers who are cooking in instead of dining out, buying generic, nursing the old car along and brewing their own coffee may soon be able to indulge themselves in one area. High-end liquor in North Carolina is about to get cheaper.
Person of the Week: Mike Munao (ABC11 Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville) When it comes to helping a child, the effort of one person can make a huge difference.
Unemployment Rates Increase For 82 North Carolina Counties In May (WXII-TV Winston-Salem) Eighty-two of North Carolina's 100 counties experienced an unemployment rate increase in May, according to statistics released Friday by the North Carolina Employment Security Commission.
Gaston to rehire 650 teachers (The Charlotte Observer) Gaston County Schools is calling back about 650 non-tenured teachers who had not gotten 2009-10 contracts because of uncertainty about the budget.
Observer Forum: Letters to the editor (The Charlotte Observer) DSS Director Mary Wilson has shown an incredible amount of poor judgment in a short time on the job – the amount of money spent on office renovations, staff trips to Hawaii for continuing education, funds spent on the staff Christmas event and improper tuition reimbursements, to name a few.
N.C. Senate delays vote on child labor (The Charlotte Observer) The state Senate has pushed back until next week a vote on a bill that would sharply increase fines for employers that violate child labor laws.
Yadkin River Trust Bill Set For Committee Hearing In N.C. House Of Representatives (dBusinessNews.com) RALEIGH, N.C. – The Stanly County Board of Commissioners ( www.co.stanly.nc.us ) is urging legislators in the N.C. House of Representatives to vote in favor of Senate Bill 967 (Creation of Yadkin River Trust), legislation that would allow the state to acquire and operate the Yadkin Hydroelectric Project as opposed to Alcoa Power Generating Inc. (“Alcoa”), which has applied for a 50-year ...