With heat index values expected to reach triple digits Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Wake County will open temporary cooling stations for those who don’t have a place to seek relief from the high temperatures.
Next week marks an important milestone for Black women in America. August 3 is their Equal Pay Day – the approximate day they must work into a new year to make what a White man earned at the end of the previous year.
The North Carolina Main Street and Rural Planning Center (NC MSRPC) has selected the City of Whiteville as the latest “North Carolina Main Street Community,” a designation earned by municipalities after meeting rigorous national downtown development criteria.
Glen Raven, Inc., a leading provider of innovative performance textiles with widely recognized brands including Sunbrella® and Dickson®, will create 205 new jobs as it expands its Custom Fabrics operations in Warren County, Governor Roy Cooper announced.