Charlotte has made a short list of deployment sites that Google Inc. is considering for Google Fiber, an ultra high-speed fiber network. Users could access the Web at speeds up to 100 times faster than basic broadband. Google is considering…
Time to turn your clocks forward one hour for the beginning of Daylight Saving Time. Check the batteries in your smoke detectors, too. Daylight Saving Time (DST) reportedly saves electricity. Energy use and the demand for electricity for lighting our…
Lynn Good, CEO of Duke Energy,indicated that Duke expects its customers to pay for closing its coal ash ponds including removing ash. “But the determination of payment will be up to the North Carolina Utilities Commission and how that they handle that,…
The coal ash spill into the Dan River occurred when Duke Energy’s storm water pipe broke allowing coal ash to be spilled into the river, causing the third-largest coal ash spill in the nation’s history. Ash has flowed 70 miles down the…
RALEIGH – The N.C. Office of State Budget and Management (OSBM) released a report today regarding an internal audit it conducted of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program at the request of the N.C. Department of Commerce. Auditors investigated…
ADFP Trust Fund Advisory Committee conference call set for Tuesday at 10 a.m. WHO/WHAT: The Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund Advisory Committee will meet by conference call to get updates on the budget, contract activities and the evaluation process…