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White House doubles steel tariffs, impacting NC industries
The future of major NC industries could be at stake as steel tariffs double.
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Appeals Court dumps latest legal dispute involving former Alcoa dams
A split 2-1 panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has thrown out a case involving the proposed use of Yadkin River dams. The same dams once generated a long-running legal dispute involving state government. A company called Cube Yadkin Generation now owns the four dams and “hydroelectric generation facilities” near Badin. The company operates...
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Pfeiffer’s new health sciences center could alleviate rural care shortage
ALBEMARLE — An eager crowd of bundled-up observers assembled early Jan. 17 in a vacant lot, huddling with government officials as steam from their coffee cups curled into the air. They attended a groundbreaking ceremony at Pfeiffer University for a $16 million Center for Health Sciences, expected to be completed by May 2020. Eventually 200...
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Atlantic Coast Pipeline committee will examine timing of MOU, permit
Did state approval of the North Carolina segment of the 600-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline depend on Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration securing a $57.8-million discretionary “mitigation fund” with the pipeline operators? Documents obtained by Carolina Journal suggest it did. The federal government approved the pipeline in October 2017, but the state did not sign off on...
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State Ending Battle With Alcoa?
RALEIGH — A nearly eight-year-long legal battle between the state of North Carolina and Alcoa Power Generating Inc. over four hydroelectric dams the company owns and operates on the Yadkin River may be coming to an end. The state last week issued a water quality permit to Alcoa, one of the final impediments preventing the company from receiving a new license from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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State To Continue Fight Against Alcoa
RALEIGH — Even though Alcoa Power Generating Inc. has won two more legal battles against the state of North Carolina dealing with the company’s efforts to relicense its four hydroelectric dams on the Yadkin River, the state plans to continue fighting to gain control of those facilities, says a spokesman for one of the agencies involved in the legal battle.
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Alcoa Prevails in State Lawsuit
RALEIGH — Alcoa Power Generating Inc. scored a victory in federal court May 6 when U.S. District Judge Terrence Boyle ruled that the state of North Carolina failed to prove that a 45-mile segment of the Yadkin River where Alcoa operates four hydroelectric dams was navigable for commerce in 1789. Alcoa continues to assert that the deeds it has to property all along the contested area are valid.
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Bingham and Gallimore Face Off Again In Senate District 33
RALEIGH — In 2012 Tea Party Republican Eddie Gallimore came within 505 votes of defeating incumbent Republican Sen. Stan Bingham for the opportunity to represent Davidson and Montgomery counties in the North Carolina Senate. The two are facing each other again, with the winner of the May 6 primary almost certainly winning District 33.
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Challenger Says Incumbent Sen. Bingham Has Violated Republican Principles
RALEIGH — Because no Democrat has filed in the district, the winner of the Republican primary May 8 will take the seat. Republicans have a decided advantage in voter registration in state Senate District 33.
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Jobs, Jobs, Jobs Dominate Primary in State Senate District 25
RALEIGH — With unemployment at 17.8 percent in Scotland County and averaging 13.3 percent in the district’s five counties, state Senate District 25 is awash in candidate promises to do something about education, work force training, and job creation.
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Perdue Flips on Dam Takeover?
RALEIGH — Perdue’s apparent reversal would end a four-year battle over control of Alcoa's dams, the water flowing through them, and the hydroelectric power they generate. Backing the Clean Tech project also is consistent with Perdue’s efforts to make job creation and business recruitment a top priority in North Carolina.
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Perdue Snubs Alcoa Jobs Announcement
BADIN — Gov. Bev Perdue and Commerce Secretary Keith Crisco were invited to, but did not attend, a ceremony announcing a $10 million investment in as many as 200 “green” jobs at the location of Alcoa’s former aluminum smelter.
