On Saturday, April 9, a crowd of red-hatted, flag-waving fans of former President Donald Trump descended on Selma, N.C.’s “The Farm at 95” venue to hear from Trump and other prominent conservative speakers. Shortly after the gates opened at 2 p.m. many enthusiastic attendees were more than happy to dance to the country music blaring...
Roughly two hours after Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton addressed an early voting event in Greenville, Republican nominee Donald Trump led a rally in Selma on property that had been slated to become a state-subsidized rail shipping hub for CSX. (After significant local opposition, the transit hub will be located near Rocky Mount.) Before thousands of...
The Carolina Connector, a $272 million Edgecombe County transit hub for CSX railroad, would receive taxpayer subsidies from the state of North Carolina of at least $700,000 for each of the 149 jobs the rail project is projected to create — for jobs that are expected to pay an average of $64,000 per year. That’s...
Months after the N.C. Department of Transportation approved a $100 million subsidy for CSX to build an intermodal rail terminal in Johnston County near Selma, the railroad — amid local opposition at every North Carolina location CSX has considered — says it continues looking for sites in North Carolina and other states. CSX approached the...
On Jan. 28, two days after a spokesman for Gov. Pat McCrory said a proposed 450-acre transit hub near Selma “does not appear to be a viable option,” a CSX rail official sent a letter to Johnston County landowner Chuck Warren stating the purchase agreement he had signed on Jan. 17, “is hereby terminated and...
RALEIGH — The governor's reversal occurred amid substantial local opposition to the proposed “Carolina Connector,” a $272 million transit hub, including a resolution from the Johnston County Board of Commissioners rejecting the proposed 450-acre site and the refusal of several landowners to sell their property to the railroad, leading CSX officials to suggest they may use eminent domain to seize land for the project.
RALEIGH — At an emergency closed-session meeting Wednesday night, less than a week after Gov. Pat McCrory announced a $272 million CSX rail terminal project near Selma, the Johnston County Board of Commissioners issued a statement opposing both the project at the current location and the railroad company’s threats to use eminent domain to acquire property for the transportation hub.
RALEIGH — If Food and Drug Administration regulators adopt new regulations that would place premium, hand-made cigars under the jurisdiction of a law originally passed to regulate cigarettes, sellers of the premium cigars say the changes could put them out of business. The federal agency is considering adding premium cigars to the Family Tobacco Prevention and Control Act of 2009.
