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Waste ponds worry EPA (The News & Observer)
North Carolina is home to more potentially hazardous coal-ash storage ponds than any other state, according to a new report from the Environmental Protection Agency.Piedmont Triad Regional Architecture Report Released (dBusinessNews.com) PIEDMONT TRIAD - Earlier this year, the Piedmont Triad Partnership (PTP) commissioned the services of a nationally recognized architectural industry consulting team to assess the feasibility of offering an accredited architectural program in the Piedmont Triad Region.
Independence Day Tea Party Protests Planned (WFMY News 2 Greensboro) Independence Day 2009 will include the usual fireworks, cookouts, flags and fun. Saturday there will be TEA parties as well.
News Alerts (The Addison County Independent) MIDDLEBURY — Maddalena Zullo, 87, of Middlebury died May 31, 2009, at Helen Porter Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Middlebury. She was born in Rutland on October 26, 1921, the daughter of Bartolameo Zullo and Frances Gallo Zullo.
Rowan roads to benefit from American Recovery Act funds (The Salisbury Post) RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Transportation will soon be putting American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to work to improve roads in Rowan an ...
Advocates: Bigotry remains (The Florence Times-Daily) By Trevor Stokes, Staff Writer Annie Williams became blind at 3 months old and didn't attend school until she was 18 years old. As if that weren't challenging enough, after slowly losing her hearing, she became deaf 12 years ago.
IN EDUCATION (Winston-Salem Journal) □ Whitaker Elementary School 's fourth and fifth graders recently competed in an oration contest sponsored by the Modern Woodmen of America. Each student was required to write and present an oral speech using the topic "a person who has touched many lives."
What a thrill: purple potatoes (The News & Observer) I don't know any first-graders, but I hope that classic rhyme "I've never seen a purple cow, I never hope to see one. But I can tell you anyway, I'd rather see than be one" is as popular with them now as it was when I was that age.
Goodwill career center expands for more job seekers (News 14 Carolina) WINSTON-SALEM – At 11.1 percent, North Carolina’s jobless rate is the highest since the state started keeping track in 1976. Now, Goodwill Industry’s JobLink Center has expanded to meet the needs of more job seekers.
Stokes, Schow earn U.S. Kids berths / Youth will play at Pinehurst (Standard-Examiner) Last week, Jackson Hall, a 10-year-old Top of Utah rising golf star, earned recognition by the Standard-Examiner Golf Insider for making two holes in one in an eight-day span.