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1 week ago | 
spectrumlocalnews.com | Daniel Gray
Charlotte Douglas International Airport will get another runway, after U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis said he recently helped secure funding for the busy airport. What You Need To Know Charlotte's airport is getting an additional runway thanks to an FAA grant, U.S. Sen.
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1 week ago | 
spectrumlocalnews.com | Daniel Gray
WAKE CO., N.C. — Growth continues at Raleigh-Durham International as the airport recently reported both higher passenger traffic and more destinations for travelers. In the month of May, over 1.4 million passengers traveled through RDU, according to the airport. That’s an increase of 8.6% from the month before. The busiest day was Sunday, May 25, when over 27,000 took to the skies, said President and CEO Michael Landguth.
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2 weeks ago | 
spectrumlocalnews.com | Daniel Gray
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Thousands of jobs are coming to Piedmont Triad International Airport with a major manufacturing investment by JetZero, officials said Thursday.
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2 weeks ago | 
spectrumlocalnews.com | Daniel Gray
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2 weeks ago | 
spectrumlocalnews.com | Daniel Gray
Jockey's Ridge State Park in Dare County, along North Carolina's Outer Banks, celebrated it's 50th birthday this past weekend, and the governor and his family attended the festivities. The park boasts the tallest Atlantic coast sand dunes, perfect for kites and sunsets. The dunes fluctuate in height, but the highest peak towers at about 100 feet, making the mounds a destination for sandboarding and other sports.
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3 weeks ago | 
spectrumlocalnews.com | Daniel Gray
Clouds will increase today as a low pressure system continues to organize near Florida. The system is forecast to bring a lot of rain to eastern and central North Carolina in the coming days. The low pressure area is not forecast to become a tropical depression or a tropical storm, but it will spread rain and some gusty winds northward into the eastern South Carolina and North Carolina Wednesday night into Thursday.
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3 weeks ago | 
spectrumlocalnews.com | Daniel Gray
Vance County Sheriff’s Office said a 2-year-old boy died after being reported missing Tuesday. Deputies responded to a missing person call on 95 Water Front Drive in Henderson, near Kerr Lake. They were told the child was last seen in the yard right before they got there. “Based upon the search area being located within 100 yards of the water’s edge of Kerr Lake, underwater drones were deployed, along with other water rescue resources.
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3 weeks ago | 
spectrumlocalnews.com | Daniel Gray
North Carolina Governor Josh Stein recently made a trip to Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City to meet with host Stephen Colbert. He told the South Carolina native and the rest of America that western North Carolina is back open for business, now eight months post Helene. “Folks have stepped up to help each other, we have to step up just like they’ve helped each other,” Stein said to Colbert. Colbert echoed the governor’s call, highlighting his favorite places to find leisure.
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4 weeks ago | 
spectrumlocalnews.com | Daniel Gray
Gov. Josh Stein announced 80 new license examiners in hopes to speed up services at across the state. What You Need To Know Gov.
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1 month ago | 
spectrumlocalnews.com | Daniel Gray
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy (AP)Over $400 million in reimbursements for Helene road repairs in North Carolina is part of a $1.5 billion federal natural disaster funding announcement Wednesday. What You Need To KnowU.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P.
