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  • Nash Edgecombe counties under tornado warning

    Raleigh, N.C. - UPDATE: 7:51 p.m. -- The National Weather Service has issued tornado warnings for Nash and Edgecombe counties until 8:15 p.m. At 7:45 p.m., trained weather spotters reported seeing a funnel cloud wrapped in rain that might be reaching the ground as a tornado. It was located 3 miles east of Rocky Mount and was moving east at 30 mph. At 7:31 p.m., Doppler radar indicated a tornado ...

  • N.C. Senate committee votes to roll back building efficiency standards

    A legislative effort to slash the state’s energy-efficiency requirements for new buildings gained crucial support in a Senate committee Tuesday. The Senate Commerce Committee approved a bill that would roll back energy-efficiency requirements of new office buildings and commercial facilities by an estimated 30 percent. The bill, which is designed to help the construction industry, has ...

  • Charlotte says Senate tax bill will cost city $31 million a year

    RALEIGH Charlotte is lobbying against the state Senate’s tax reform bill, saying it will cost the city at least $31 million a year in lost revenue and possibly require a property tax increase. Cities and towns could lose nearly $150 million in revenues when the tax bill is fully implemented in fiscal 2019 because it eliminates the local food tax and local privilege license tax and ...

  • North Carolina eliminates LSU at College World Series

    Ted Kirk/AP OMAHA, Neb. -- Brian Holberton homered, Trent Thornton pitched a strong seven innings and No. 1-seed North Carolina extended its stay at the College World Series with a 4-2 victory against LSU on Tuesday. The Tar Heels (58-11) play North Carolina State or UCLA in an elimination game Thursday. The No. 4-seeded Tigers (57-11) went 0-2 in their first CWS appearance since ...

  • Tornado warning extended for Franklin County

    The doppler radar is bright like a Christmas Tree. Elizabeth was correct, a significant chance of storms and rain. Also, I am sure some of these storms are producing heaving rains, especially the storm producing the tornado warning in northern Wake County.Thank you WRAL for the great weather reports and ...


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Last Updated on June 18, 5:45 PM EDT
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The Furies [DVD]

The Furies [DVD]

Long overshadowed by Winchester 73, which was released the same year and marked the beginning of the extensive relationship between director Anthony Mann and star James Stewart, The Furies has frequently been neglected in histories of the western, particularly the role it played ... ...

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  • Usage of NCs first toll road continues on upward path

    Apex, N.C. - North Carolina's first toll road cost more than $1 billion to build, yet there are times when no one is using it.The 18.8-mile Triangle Expressway, which runs from Durham to Holly Springs, was completed in late December in an effort to improve access and reduce congestion between western Wake County and the Research Triangle Park.Tolling on the final 8.75-mile stretch, which ...

  • CLT airport bill on House panel’s list but action uncertain

    RALEIGH A bill to transfer control and ownership of Charlotte’s airport from the city to a new, independent authority is scheduled to be taken up by a House committee on Wednesday, but a main sponsor told the Observer that he doesn’t expect any action. Rep. Bill Brawley, a Matthews Republican, said the bill was automatically placed this week on the House Finance Committee’s ...

  • Amendment to NC auto insurance bill rekindles industry feud

    The internal feud among North Carolina’s insurance carriers over the way the state regulates auto insurance rates continues to bubble up in the halls and back rooms of the state legislature. FAIR NC, a coalition of insurance companies that this spring failed to win passage of a bill that would have remade the state’s regulatory system, hasn’t given up the fight. Now the ...

  • DNC Nearly $500000 of equipment was lost or stolen in Charlotte

    To stage last year’s Democratic National Convention, the local host committee raised millions of dollars, much of it for computers, phones and other communication devices. Now it appears a sizeable amount of that equipment was lost, stolen – or perhaps kept by the staffers it had been assigned to. The Democratic National Committee said it recently sent the Charlotte Mecklenburg ...

  • Charlotte’s Polymer Group names new CEO

    Charlotte-based Polymer Group Inc. announced Tuesday the appointment of J. Joel Hackney Jr. as its newest CEO and member of the board of directors. Hackney, 44, will begin his new role Wednesday as leader of the material manufacturer of everything from baby diapers to surgical gowns. He succeeds Veronica “Ronee” Hagen, 67, who has served as CEO since 2007. Hackney joins PGI after ...

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