North Carolina
North Carolina Unemployment rate fell for the fifth straight month in February. The state Commerce Department reported on Friday that North Carolina’s February unemployment rate was 5.7%, compared to 5.9% in January. The U.S. rate in February was 6.2%. DES says North Carolina’s February 2021 unemployment rate increased 2.1 percentage points from a year ago. […]
As North Carolina COVID-19 metric continues to trend downward, Governor Roy Cooper announced that he is will ease coronavirus restrictions statewide. During a press conference Tuesday, Gov. Cooper said he will sign an Executive Order that will continue to ease restrictions in several areas starting Friday, March 26 at 5 p.m. but the mask mandate […]
The battle to fill Richard Burr's soon-to-be vacated seat has well-known politicians like Walker, along with outsiders such as Lara Trump dropping their names in the hat as the Republicans try to regain the majority back in the chamber they lost in November's election cycle.
According to the NC Education Lottery, the Carolina Fast Mart on U.S. 601 in Concord sold a $2 ticket for Friday night’s drawing for a $1 million prize! The ticket matched the numbers on all five white balls: 4-10-27-35-58. The winner has 180 days from the drawing to claim their prize.
According to Smart Asset,” three in four American adults (73%) said they donated money to a charitable organization.” Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, and Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC rank in the top ten of the most charitable cities. It was also reported that the entire state of North Carolinians volunteers their time. Based on the tax returns, about 29% […]
Sunday, Jalen Scott Dunston, 18 a student of nursing in the College of Health and Human Sciences at North Carolina A & T became a victim of a shooting that took place at a party near the campus of North Carolina A&T. His mother Erika Jones, said she agreed to let him go to the party […]
The North Carolina Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice task force recommended that the state decriminalize marijuana possession and initiate a study on whether to more broadly legalize cannabis sales. “You cannot talk about improving racial equity in our criminal justice system without talking about marijuana,” NC Attorney General Josh Stein, who co-chairs […]
The North Carolina Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice task force recommended that the state decriminalize marijuana possession and initiate a study on whether to more broadly legalize cannabis sales. “You cannot talk about improving racial equity in our criminal justice system without talking about marijuana,” NC Attorney General Josh Stein, who co-chairs […]