Business
Duke Energy restarts nuclear plant
June 7, 2013
(The News & Observer, Raleigh)
Duke Energy Progress has restarted its Harris nuclear plant in Wake County.
Allegiant Air flights begin in Asheville
June 7, 2013
(Asheville Citizen-Times)
Allegiant Air's route from Asheville Regional Airport to St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport in Florida was scheduled to begin Thursday.
House panel votes to maintain fracking moratorium
June 6, 2013
(The News & Observer, Raleigh)
A state House bill would uphold a fracking moratorium in the state, a rebuke to a Senate measure that would speed up the process for shale gas exploration in the state. The bill also eliminates a provision in the Senate's version that would end North Carolina's ban of companies injecting chemical and industrial waste into the ground.
North Carolina coast under tropical storm warning
June 6, 2013
(StarNews, Wilmington)
The first named storm of the season, Andrea, has formed over the Gulf of Mexico and left the North Carolina coast under a tropical storm warning.
Ga. DOT considers high-speed rail from Atlanta to Charlotte
June 6, 2013
(The Star, Shelby)
Georgia Department of Transportation officials are weighing building a high-speed rail ine from Atlanta to Charlotte along Interstate 85 and are seeking input on six possible routes.
Charlotte manager: Airport bill would bring 'chaos'
June 6, 2013
(The Charlotte Observer)
Charlotte's City Manager Ron Carlee said a House version of a bill to transfer control of Charlotte's airport from the city to an independent authority would create "chaos," citing the elimination of a transition period and still-unknown factors such as what would happen to bonds and construction contracts.
Cullowhee seeks identity as thriving college town
June 6, 2013
(Smoky Mountain News)
Cullowhee, the home of Western Carolina University, wants to develop a park along the Tuckasegee River that it hopes will help transform it into a vibrant college town. Nonprofit booster leaders are planning to conduct an economic impact and feasibility study.
Lenovo launches first U.S. plant in Whitsett
June 6, 2013
(News & Record, Greensboro)
Lenovo, the second-largest computer maker in the world, unveiled its first U.S. manufacturing plant in Wihtsett and said it has hired nearly all of the 115 workers it promised. The company employs 2,800 statewide.
Brunswick County to remain in Myrtle Beach MSA
June 6, 2013
(StarNews, Wilmington)
Despite pleas from local officials, the federal Office of Management and Budget will uphold its shift of Brunwick County from the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area to Myrtle Beach.
Wingate moving satellite campus to Ballantyne
June 6, 2013
(The Charlotte Observer)
Wingate University will relocate its satellite campus from Matthews to the south Charlotte neighborhood Ballantyne's corporate park. The move will bring about 600 students and all of Wingate's graduate faculty to the new campus by late August.
