After the new election was called, a new controversy emerged related to a waterfront development proposal called "Project Grander."
Morehead City scrapped its Project Grander waterfront plan after public backlash over eminent domain; council unanimously halted it Jan. 13.
Democrats had a strong night and Republicans a rough one in NC’s 2025 municipal elections, held in over 550 cities, towns, and villages statewide.
The North Carolina Railroad Company (NCRR) announced last week the launch of an economic development program company executives say will ease the path to further economic growth by boosting industrial site readiness along the 317-mile rail corridor. The aim of the Options Program is to preserve land for future industrial users and strengthen North Carolina’s...
Gov. Roy Cooper announced Thursday that the North Carolina Railroad Company (NCRR) has been awarded a $105.6 million grant from the US Department of Transportation (DOT) through the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvement Program or CRISI. The funds will be used to enhance North Carolina’s rail infrastructure of the state’s busiest rail corridor, improving...
The NC Ports Board of Directors may be in direct conflict with that mission, some lawmakers argue, as a member of that board appointed by Gov. Roy Cooper, is also a local union president who happens to be leading picket lines with striking dock workers in Wilmington.
The stand off between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (UMX) progressed to the next level Tuesday as the existing contract expired without a deal and now tens of thousands of union workers at three dozen ports around the country are on strike. As a result, the North Carolina Ports...
A threatened Oct. 1 worker strike on the ports of the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico by the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) has the potential to disrupt commerce across the country. On September 30, the contract between the ILA and the United States Maritime Alliance (UMX), covering an estimated 45,000 workers at three dozen...
There is still time to comment on a proposed requirement by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that, if enacted by the Biden-Harris Administration, would devastate businesses and tourism along the North Carolina coast.
For the first time in more than two decades, China has been knocked off the top spot when it comes to the source of goods imported to the United States. According to 2023 trade reports US imports from Mexico rose nearly 5% in 2023 to more than $475 billion, while imports from China fell 20%...
The State of North Carolina is the sole shareholder of a 317-mile rail corridor, winding from Charlotte to the Port of Morehead City, known as the North Carolina Railroad Company (NCRR). That is the short answer, to be sure; the whole story of how NCRR came to be is a tale of North Carolina history,...
