Tag: North Carolina

August 10, 2023

A $1.6 million U.S. Department of Commerce grant to a southwestern North Carolina town is paying for new infrastructure to support opening a Love’s Travel Stop with truck parking along rural U.S. Route 74 that connects the Atlantic coast to […]

September 29, 2022

The Federal Highway Administration will provide North Carolina with an estimated $109 million over five years through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program. The majority of the funding will be used for the installation of Level 3 charging infrastructure […]

June 28, 2022

Less than a week after securing a Part 135 air carrier certification from the Federal Aviation Administration, drone delivery firm Zipline is putting its new credentials to work. The Bay Area-based company on Tuesday announced its commercial expansion into North […]

November 6, 2020

The Federal Highway Administration (FHA) has awarded the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) a $2.1 million FAST Act grant to address transportation safety and efficiency. NCDOT officials indicated the agency would use the funding allotment to partner with North […]

May 12, 2020

The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles will extend license and registration expiration dates for more than two dozen credentials, including those that apply to truck drivers, in accordance with Gov. Roy Cooper’s COVID-19 relief package. Cooper signed two bills, […]

June 24, 2019

For young people and others seeking ways to prepare for a new and rewarding career without racking up serious college debt, the North Carolina Trucking Association has joined forces with 13 state community colleges to ­offer some options. Through the […]

August 31, 2018

North Carolina legislators don’t exactly have a track record of supporting projects related to clean tech, mass transit or sustainable development. In fact, from banning planners from using future sea level rise projections to battling with tech giants over the […]

June 19, 2018

The North Carolina legislature recently passed a bill that would provide a financing tool to support highway projects. The bill, called the Build North Carolina Bond Act, passed through the House June 12 and now goes to the governor’s desk. […]

November 6, 2017

Crowley Maritime Corp., having recently made news for its Jacksonville-to-Puerto Rico less-than-containerload service, will begin two new weekly routes between Central America and Wilmington, N.C., beginning Nov. 21 and Nov. 22. The two services will run from Guatemala and Honduras […]

October 18, 2016

While more than 600 smaller roads in North Carolina remained closed on Oct. 17 because of high water from the floods caused by Hurricane Matthew, Interstate 95 reopened in both directions that morning. That good news followed the reopening of […]