Last Updated on May 1, 2024 4:07 pm BANNER ELK – A contractor for the N.C. Department of Transportation will perform nighttime closures of N.C. 105 between Broadstone Road and Old Danner Road Thursday evening. Beginning at 7 p.m., crews from Wright Brothers Construction Company Inc. will stop traffic intermittently for no more than 15 minutes …

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Last Updated on May 1, 2024 2:03 pm NC/VA – The National Park Service is implementing an increase for camping and other associated fees on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Rate changes include frontcountry and backcountry camping site fees, as well as non-camper user fees for shower and dump station services.  The new fee schedule is outlined …

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Last Updated on May 1, 2024 10:41 am RALEIGH — North Carolina Emergency Management is proud to announce that on May 1st, 2024, the Flood Inundation Mapping Alert Network website, also known as FIMAN, is being upgraded to a modern, more sustainable technology.  “The FIMAN site is a critical platform for North Carolinians to assess their flooding …

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Last Updated on May 1, 2024 3:11 pm UPDATE – The Sunset and Main intersection will need to be closed again tomorrow ( Thursday, May 2) from 8 AM to 2:00 PM The intersection of Sunset Drive and Main Street will be closed for Sunset Drive traffic on May 1st 2024 after 8:00 AM. The …

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Last Updated on April 30, 2024 10:34 am Governor Roy Cooper ordered all U.S. and North Carolina flags at state facilities to half-staff beginning immediately until sunset on Friday, May 3 in honor of the four officers killed in the line of duty Monday in Charlotte. The officers were members of a collaborative U.S. Marshals task …

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Last Updated on April 30, 2024 8:53 am Wilkes County – Blue Ridge Conservancy (BRC) recently protected a 2,400ft peak in the Brushy Mountains in Wilkes County. The 2.2 acre lot is surrounded by land already owned by BRC, and was the location of a decommissioned communication tower. The tract is two miles northeast of …

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RALEIGH, N.C. (April 23, 2024) – The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s Executive Director, Cameron Ingram, signed a proclamation yesterday outlining the state’s Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) primary and secondary surveillance areas as well as the 2024-25 deer season dates in which mandatory sample submission is required.    The CWD primary surveillance areas, designated by county, are Cumberland, Stokes, …

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RALEIGH — Nearly half of North Carolina’s population will live in jurisdictions served by eCourts software when Track 4 of the digital records rollout goes live on April 29, 2024, according to an announcement from the Administrative Office of the Courts (NCAOC) today. eCourts empowers the public by replacing paper processes with cloud-hosted online access …

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