County NC News
3rd
Quarter 2007 Press Archive:
Welcome to the County NC News Press Archive. Articles are
archived in yearly quarters. Therefore, you are viewing news articles published
in June, July, August, and
September of 2007.
| 09/30/2007 |
| War on Terror Update |
 WASHINGTON DC NEWS -- It's a lamentable Sunday for Americans. Yesterday Coalition Forces lost three soldiers... Elsewhere in Iraq, Coalition forces killed more than twenty-eight terrorists and detained 44 suspected terrorists... A compact water treatment plant completed... READ MORE |
| 09/29/2007 |
| TigerTek Industrial Services Expanding |
| ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NC NEWS -- TigerTek Industrial Services will expand, creating 40 jobs and investing $1 million during the next three years... READ MORE |
| 09/27/2007 |
| 48 Percent of North Carolina is Under Mandatory Water Conservation |
| LENOIR COUNTY NC NEWS -- Water conservation teams have been dispatched from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The teams will work with local communities hit hardest by the drought to explore and implement ways to minimize water consumption and extend available resources... READ MORE |
| 09/27/2007 |
| Buckteeth Bandit Robs First Citizens Bank |
 MECKLENBURG COUNTY NC NEWS -- Well that does it, now, Charlotte has its very own Buckteeth Bandit! The FBI is seeking the public's assistance in identifying and locating this bank robber with Buckteeth responsible for the recent robbery of the First Citizens Bank... READ MORE |
| 09/22/2007 |
| Three More Charlotte Banks Robbed |
 MECKLENBURG COUNTY NC NEWS -- Bank robberies continue in Charlotte, North Carolina. This time, two armed bank robbery took place at the Wachovia Bank branch located at 801 Kenilworth Avenue and the Wachovia Bank located at 4501 Park Road... READ MORE |
| 09/21/2007 |
| Hoax Distress Calls Costing Taxpayers |
| ONSLOW COUNTY NC NEWS -- U.S. Coast Guard is asking for the public's assistance in identifying hoax callers of false distress calls in North Carolina. Also offering a reward for information... READ MORE |
| 09/20/2007 |
| Palmer Marine Relocates to Bladenboro, NC |
| BLADEN COUNTY NC NEWS -- Manufacturer of sport fishing boats, Palmer Marine Incorporated is relocating its Cape Coral, Florida manufacturing facility to Bladenboro in Bladen County, North Carolina... READ MORE |
| 09/19/2007 |
| Continental Nurses Recieves Award for Health Care Staffing Services |
| IREDELL COUNTY NC NEWS -- National travel nursing agency, Continental Nurses headquartered in Moorsville, North Carolina, has recently been awarded the prestigious Gold Seal of Approval for health care staffing services from The Joint Commission... READ MORE |
| 09/18/2007 |
| UPDATE: David Lamar Caldwell BUSTED! |
| MECKLENBURG COUNTY NC NEWS -- Fugitive David Lamar Caldwell, was apprehended without incident at a residence on Camp Greene Street, Charlotte by the FBI Safe Streets Task Force... READ MORE |
| 09/16/2007 |
| Effikal LLC to Expand Inside Field Controls Facility |
| LENOIR COUNTY NC NEWS -- Lenoir County gained another business, Effikal LLC of Orion, Michigan, will relocate within Field Controls LLC's existing facility in Kinston, creating 35 jobs and investing $1.1 million during the next three years... READ MORE |
| 09/16/2007 |
| Unilever to Expand in Raeford |
| HOKE COUNTY NC NEWS -- The monopolistic competition, Unilever United States will expand in Hoke County, creating 25 jobs and investing $10.6 million during the next three years. Unilever accepted a $60,000 One North Carolina Fund grant... READ MORE |
| 09/15/2007 |
| Governor and Republicans Fail to Block Bill |
| CUMBERLAND COUNTY NC NEWS -- Unfortunately, the Governor and Republican members of the general assembly failed to block a bill that will allow the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company to receive as much as $40 million in payments from the new North Carolina economic development incentive... READ MORE |
| 09/15/2007 |
| USDA Grants North Carolina Federal Disaster Aid |
| NORTH CAROLINA STATEWIDE NEWS -- The U.S.D.A granted the Governor's request for 85 counties to be designated disaster areas due to drought in North Carolina. The declaration makes low interest Emergency Disaster Loans available to farmers who are ineligible for credit... READ MORE |
| 09/12/2007 |
| Two more Bank Robberies in Charlotte |
| MECKLENBURG COUNTY NC NEWS -- Two more Banks robbed in Charlotte, a lone male robbed a branch of RBC Centura Bank. Then later that morning a SunTrust Bank was robbed by a group of three armed gunmen... READ MORE |
| 09/09/2007 |
| Republicans Agree with Governor's Veto |
| CUMBERLAND COUNTY NC NEWS -- On Monday, September, 10, 2007, the Governor is reconvening the legislative session to reconsider House bill 1761. Both the Governor and N.C. GOP Chairman Daves are absolutely right. House Bill 1761 does not provide for accountability of the grantee business... READ MORE |
| 09/03/2007 |
| New North Carolina Environmental Legislation |
| DUPLIN COUNTY NC NEWS -- Within the last week, two pieces of new environmental legislation have been signed into law. The first, is a ban on new hog waste lagoons, and the second, strengthens landfill regulations... READ MORE |
| 08/31/2007 |
| Labor Day Holiday Safety Advisory |
| COUNTY NC NEWS -- There are several advisories from the U.S. Coast Guard and the North Carolina State Highway Patrol that County NC News would like to share with the public this Labor Day holiday weekend. But first, we would like to take a moment to honor the holiday itself... READ MORE |
| 08/28/2007 |
| Nine More New Learn and Earn Schools Opened |
| YADKIN COUNTY NC NEWS -- Nine more new Learn and Earn early college high schools have opened in North Carolina, giving students the ability to take their education to the next level... READ MORE |
| 08/27/2007 |
| Lake Gaston Chosen for Creel Survey |
| WARREN COUNTY NC NEWS -- Beginning on September 1, 2007, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will be conducting a year-long creel survey on Lake Gaston... READ MORE |
| 08/26/2007 |
| NC Adopts Fire-safe Cigarette Law |
| ORANGE COUNTY NC NEWS -- New legislation signed into law will require cigarettes sold in North Carolina to be self-extinguishing... READ MORE |
| 08/25/2007 |
| Carolina Technical Plastics to Expand by 50 More Jobs |
| CRAVEN COUNTY NC NEWS -- Having already met a 2002 Craven County agreement for a $7.8 million investment. The Carolina Technical Plastics Corporation will expand in Craven County, creating 50 more jobs and investing $5 million during the next three years... READ MORE |
| 08/25/2007 |
| State Requests Disaster Declaration from Drought |
| COUNTY NC NEWS -- The NC Governor has moved ahead with the request declaring 85 North Carolina counties whose crops and livestock are suffering from the ongoing drought a disaster... READ MORE |
| 08/24/2007 |
| Ban on Open Burning |
| NORTH CAROLINA STATEWIDE NEWS -- A ban on open burning has been placed due of high wildfire activity and drought weather conditions. The N.C. Division of Forest Resources, has banned open burning and canceled all burning permits throughout North Carolina... READ MORE |
| 08/23/2007 |
| Smuggling Attempts Foiled |
 WAKE COUNTY NC NEWS -- North Carolina man arrested in drug smuggling attempt. Elsewhere smugglers were caught using a semi-submersible boat... READ MORE |
| 08/19/2007 |
| New Legislation to Prevent Abusive Lending Practices |
| CUMBERLAND COUNTY NC NEWS -- Governor Easley this week signed three bills of legislation to reign in abusive lending practices, provide consumers with more information and protect unsuspecting home-buyers and renters from unfair fees and penalties... READ MORE |
| 08/19/2007 |
| Drought continues to expand across North Carolina |
| WILSON COUNTY NC NEWS -- The U.S. Drought Monitor now shows that 73.6 percent of North Carolina is in severe or extreme drought. Severe drought, now covers almost all of the Piedmont and stretches into the coastal plain just east of Interstate 95... READ MORE |
| 08/16/2007 |
| Navy E-2C Hawkeye Crashes in Atlantic |
 ELIZABETH CITY NC NEWS -- The U.S. Coast Guard is assisting the U.S. Navy in their search for survivors of the Navy E-2C Hawkeye aircraft that crashed 150 miles off the Coast of the Virginia Capes. The aircraft crashed at sea while conducting routine training operations on the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)... READ MORE |
| 08/15/2007 |
| Wachovia Bank Robbed in Belmont |
| GASTON COUNTY NC NEWS -- Another Wachovia Bank was robbed, this time in Belmont, North Carolina approximately 13 miles west of downtown Charlotte... During the course of the robbery, one of the bank robbers struck a bank employee... READ MORE |
| 08/14/2007 |
| Wachovia Bank in Charlotte Robbed |
| MECKLENBURG COUNTY NC NEWS -- A Wachovia Bank in Charlotte was robbed by a lone gunman. The gunman, armed with a semi-automatic pistol, entered the bank and ordering the customers and employees to lie on the bank floor... READ MORE |
| 08/13/2007 |
| Media Misconceptions of LGC Purpose |
| We find more and more respected news media agencies fostering misconceptions of the purpose, responsibility and duties of government departments, boards and commissions... READ MORE |
| 08/12/2007 |
| DHS Intergrating APIS with Secure Flight |
 WASHINGTON DC NEWS -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security plans to integrate the watch list matching function for international flights into Secure Flight, resulting in one DHS system responsible for prescreening all aviation passengers... READ MORE |
| 08/09/2007 |
| Executive Director of N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission Resigns |
| WAKE COUNTY NC NEWS -- Executive Director of N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, Richard B. Hamilton resigned his position. Hamilton tendered his resignation in an executive session during a specially called meeting of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission... READ MORE |
| 08/08/2007 |
| Wanted By FBI Charlotte N.C. |
| MECKLENBURG COUNTY NC NEWS -- The FBI Safe Streets Task Force in Charlotte is asking the public for assistance in locating David Lamar Caldwell, age 29, who is wanted on a local felony charge... READ MORE |
| 08/07/2007 |
| More Towns Join Small Town Main Street Program |
| ASHE COUNTY NC NEWS -- Six North Carolina towns have joined North Carolina's Small Town Main Street Program, an initiative allowing small cities to focus on creating new jobs and investment by helping revitalize downtown areas... READ MORE |
| 08/07/2007 |
| American Express Bank International enters Deferred Prosecution Agreement |
| GUILFORD COUNTY NC NEWS -- The Miami-based American Express Bank International agreed to enter into a deferred prosecution agreement on charges of failing to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program. The company will forfeit $55 million to the U.S. government... READ MORE |
| 08/05/2007 |
| War on Terror Update - Iraq |
 CUMBERLAND COUNTY NC NEWS -- Baker Company of the 3rd Battalion, 509th Airborne conducted an air assault into Jasim Muhammed, Iraq... READ MORE |
| 07/30/2007 |
| Second Quarter GDP Report Shows 3.4 Percent Growth! |
 WASHINGTON DC NEWS -- Briefing President George W. Bush at the White House, Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez along with Secretary of Treasury Hank Paulson and Office of Management and Budget Director Rob Portman all met to discuss our nation's strong economy and our growing export culture... READ MORE |
| 07/30/2007 |
| House Bill 973 Becomes Law |
| MECKLENBURG COUNTY NC NEWS -- Governor signs bill for mandatory health insurance coverage of certain mental illnesses... READ MORE |
| 07/29/2007 |
| 2007 N.C. State Fair Nightly Entertainment |
 NORTH CAROLINA STATEWIDE NEWS -- The 2007 N.C. State Fair concert series nightly entertainment lineup is here! Below is a descriptive list of the nightly entertainment with a short introduction to their achievements... READ MORE |
| 07/24/2007 |
| Two Hickory Companies Accused of Misleading Consumers |
| CATAWBA COUNTY NC NEWS -- Judge Donald Stephens granted Attorney General's request for a temporary restraining order to stop two Hickory companies, Grant Writing Plus Inc. and Accucredit Inc. from performing grant writing and credit repair services... READ MORE |
| 07/20/2007 |
| North Carolina Utility Savings Initiative Wins Innovations Award |
| WAKE COUNTY NC NEWS -- The State Energy Office of the N .C. Department of Administration has won the prestigious Council of State Governments' Regional Innovations Award in recognition of the Utility Savings Initiative for State Facilities... READ MORE |
| 07/20/2007 |
| Arson in Warren County |
| WARREN COUNTY NC NEWS -- SBI has determined that two fires were deliberately set at 105 Levi Road, Norlina, NC... READ MORE |
| 07/19/2007 |
| Rutherford County Business, Thieman Metal Technologies Expands |
| RUTHERFORD COUNTY NC NEWS -- A Rutherford County business is investing $555,000, creating 44 jobs over the next three years. Thieman Metal Technologies, a metal fabrication contract company, will expand its facility in Ellenboro... READ MORE |
| 07/19/2007 |
| Frontier Spinning Mills, Plans to Expand Lee County Textile Plants |
| LEE COUNTY NC NEWS -- One of the largest producers of spun yarns for the knitting and weaving industries, Frontier Spinning Mills, plans to expand one of its Lee County textile plants. The Company's expansion will create 42 jobs and invest $20 million... READ MORE |
| 07/18/2007 |
| Another Areospace Company Moves to North Carolina |
| ALAMANCE COUNTY NC NEWS -- Honda Aero Incorporated is moving its headquarters, to include its manufacturing operations, from Reston, Virginia to the Burlington-Alamance Regional Airport in Alamance County, North Carolina... READ MORE |
| 07/16/2007 |
| Defense Contractor Opens Manufacturing Facility |
| PERSON COUNTY NC NEWS -- Defense contractor, Force Protection Inc., maker of mine- and blast-protected vehicles is opening a manufacturing facility in Person County... READ MORE |
| 07/15/2007 |
| UNC Greensboro Caught Violating State Bidding Procedures |
| GUILFORD COUNTY NC NEWS -- North Carolina's very own untouchables, the Office of the State Auditor, received a complaint concerning the process for contractor selection for the guaranteed energy savings performance contract at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro... READ MORE |
| 07/13/2007 |
| Hi-Tide Sales Inc. Opening Facility in Beaufort County |
 BEAUFORT COUNTY NC NEWS -- Hi-Tide Sales Inc., industry's leader in boat lift manufacturing, is opening in Beaufort County, investing $1 million and creating 68 jobs during the next three years in Washington... READ MORE |
| 07/09/2007 |
| Truliant Federal Credit Union Robbed Again |
| MECKLENBURG COUNTY NC NEWS -- Truliant Federal Credit Union has been robbed again. This is the second robbery in less than one month for the Charlotte bank... READ MORE |
| 07/09/2007 |
| AmerLink Ltd. Log Home Manufacturer Expands |
| NASH COUNTY NC NEWS -- AmerLink Ltd., manufacturer of handcrafted custom-made and manufactured log homes, will investing $1.8 million to expand in Battleboro, Nash County, North Carolina.... READ MORE |
| 07/09/2007 |
| U.S. Employment Continues to Rise |
| WASHINGTON DC NEWS -- The U.S. Commerce Secretary, Carlos M. Gutierrez, praised the June Employment Report that showed 132,000 new jobs were created in the second quarter of 2007, revised upward by a total of 75,000 jobs... READ MORE |
| 07/06/2007 |
| U.S. Coast Guard Has Suspended Search For Roger Turner Jr. |
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY NEWS -- U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for a lost man after his 20-foot pleasure craft was found unoccupied Thursday morning in a marshy area near the mouth of the Perquimans river... Elsewhere, Kayaker rescued in Virginia... READ MORE |
| 07/05/2007 |
| Brunswick Corporation Acquiring Rampage Yachts |
| BRUNSWICK COUNTY NC NEWS -- Brunswick Corporation is acquiring the Rampage Yachts boat building facility in Navassa. creating 858 jobs and investing $51.2 million during the next five years... READ MORE |
| 07/04/2007 |
| The Fourth of July is Independence Day! |
| WAKE COUNTY NC NEWS -- Yesterday, Governor Mike Easley declared North Carolina will continue the 231-year tradition of celebrating our nation's Independence this Fourth of July. Special events will be held across the state observing this most precious holiday... READ MORE |
| 07/01/2007 |
| ICE and DEA Bust U.S.-Mexican Tunnel |
| WASHINGTON DC NEWS -- In Nogales, Arizona, agents from the DEA and ICE executed a search warrant at a house used to conceal the U.S. entrance to a recently constructed tunnel... READ MORE |
| 06/30/2007 |
| UNC Hospitals Director of Pharmacy Nailed |
| ORANGE COUNTY NC -- The Office of the State Auditor has concluded an investigative audit of the University of North Carolina (UNC) Hospitals Director of Pharmacy, James C. McAllister, III. ... READ MORE |
| 06/24/2007 |
| Structural Pest Control Division Settles with Acme Pest Control |
| CABARRUS COUNTY NC NEWS -- The Structural Pest Control Division (SPCD) of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services approved the following settlement agreement with Larry Ammons Jr. of Acme Pest Control Company.... READ MORE |
| 06/20/2007 |
| NOAA Collaboration Offers Free Training Program |
| DARE COUNTY NC NEWS -- National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries Service, in collaboration with the U.S. Coast Guard and a number of other partners, developed an interactive, multi-media CD program called "A Prudent Mariner's Guide to Right Whale Protection." ... READ MORE |
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WASHINGTON DC NEWS -- Iraqi and Coalition forces killed 14 terrorists and detained 17 suspects during operations targeting senior leaders of al-Qaeda in Iraq and their facilitation networks in central and northern Iraq... READ MORE