By Jay Lamm on Apr 8, 2021
North Carolina
From WSJ Staff Reports The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division is suspending all service on Pamlico Sound between Cedar Island, Swan Quarter and Ocracoke through Monday, April 12 due to worsening shoaling issues in the ferry channel just outside of Ocracoke’s Silver Lake Harbor. Shoaling occurs when sand and sediment fill into a ferry […]
By Jay Lamm on Feb 25, 2021
North Carolina
From WSJ Staff Reports North Carolina’s Division of Motor Vehicles has started offering road tests to teen drivers again. The DMV had largely stopped the tests last March to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The agency had waived the driver’s test requirement for most people seeking their first North Carolina license. But the policy […]
By Jay Lamm on Feb 24, 2021
North Carolina
From WSJ Staff Reports RALEIGH — Governor Roy Cooper ordered all United States and North Carolina flags at state facilities lowered to half-staff on Monday, February 22, 2021 until sunset on Feb. 26, 2021 in remembrance of those who passed away from the coronavirus. To date, more than 500,000 Americans including nearly 11,000 North Carolinians have […]