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The Overhyped $620 Train Journey Across North Carolina That Travelers Can’t Stop Raving About

Bryson City’s Great Smoky Mountains Railroad offers a concentrated western North Carolina outing: a train ride past water and forest, a break beside the Nantahala River, and a return to the same depot. It is a manageable excursion with a clear beginning and end, rather than a journey across the entire state.

Bryson City, NC · 20d
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FOX8 News

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North Carolina gas prices down one week into gas relief

BURLINGTON, N.C. (WGHP) — In the week since Governor Josh Stein signed the Relief at the Pump Act, prices have fallen from north of $4 to as low as $3.48.  Sheila Jeffreys, of Burlington, hadn’t filled up since the bill was passed, and she was quick to notice how big the change was from her last […]

North Carolina · 20d

WRAL News

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North Carolina has the lowest gas prices in the country. Some say it's still too high

More than a week after North Carolina lawmakers voted to suspend the gas tax, the state now has the lowest gas prices on average in the entire country. Several people WRAL spoke with on Sunday still aren't satisfied. “They're still high. Still a lot of money out of my paycheck,"...

North Carolina · 19d
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Sunday update: NC12 still open amidst storm

OUTER BANKS, N.C. (WAVY) — NC12 remains open and passable from the Marc Basnight Bridge to Ocracoke after the 1 p.m. high tide Sunday afternoon, according to the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT). The nor’easter is expected to sit off the shore into next week, and officials warn...

North Carolina · 19d
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WFMY NEWS2

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NC has the cheapest gas in the country

North Carolina · 18d

WCNC

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North Carolina suspends gas tax, but not all drivers are seeing savings

North Carolina · 18d

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Closing busy traffic lanes in Burlington is just plain dumb

We never cease to be amazed at the ridiculous ideas some consultants can come up with, given the thousands of taxpayer dollars some government agencies will pay them to conceive. We hate to be stereotypical, but one of the categories that seem most susceptible to these cockeyed ideas is anything...

Burlington, NC · 21d

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DOT proposes to close two travel lanes of S. Church Street near City Park, Williams High School

Median scrapped, but narrowing lanes from four to two still proposed for area near downtown. North Carolina’s state transportation department has unfurled a new version of a plan to eliminate some of the travel lanes from an accident-prone stretch of South Church Street in Burlington. Colin Mellor, a project...

Burlington, NC · 21d

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North Carolina has the lowest gas prices in the country. Some say it’s still too high

RALEIGH, N.C. (WRAL) - More than a week after North Carolina lawmakers voted to suspend the gas tax, the state now has the lowest gas prices on average in the entire country. Several people WRAL spoke with on Sunday still aren’t satisfied. “They’re still high. Still a lot of...

Raleigh, NC · 18d

WRAL News

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State audit: Blue Ridge Road construction delays impacting State Fair, costing taxpayer millions

In addition to the typical congestion on the roads around the state fairgrounds, drivers on Saturday also had to weave around a construction zone on Blue Ridge Road. Frustrations over the delayed underpass project, which was supposed to be completed by July 2023, are now at the center of a new state audit.

North Carolina · 19d

WECT

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North Carolina has the lowest gas prices in the country. Some say it’s still too high

North Carolina · 18d

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FRA Obligates $500M for North Carolina’s S-Line Route

The Federal Railroad Administration and the North Carolina Department of Transportation recently celebrated the obligation of $550 million to develop the new S-Line passenger rail route between Raleigh, NC, and Richmond, VA. [Above photo by NCDOT]. ​ When complete, the Raleigh-to-Richmond S-Line – which will be operated in conjunction with...

North Carolina · 21d

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Elon town council forced to untangle its own incomprehensible parking decision

Elon’s town council was trooped down memory lane earlier this week in order to reconstruct a convoluted decision that its members reached in September about parking along several municipal streets. Elon’s town clerk Kathleeen Patterson asked the town’s leaders to recall this welter on Tuesday so that she could...

Elon, NC · 21d

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You’ll See Mountain Scenery From A Whole New Angle On This Scenic North Carolina Train Ride

All aboard for a North Carolina train ride that turns railroad history into a real-life adventure!. At the N.C. Transportation Museum in Spencer, the rails carry you through a massive former repair complex where steam locomotives once received the care they needed to keep moving across the South. The ride...

Spencer, NC · 25d

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NC suspends gas tax as Maryland drivers question whether Gov. Moore will follow suit

MARYLAND (WBFF) — As gas prices continue to climb, drivers in Maryland are questioning whether the state should follow North Carolina's lead in temporarily suspending its gas tax to provide relief at the pump. North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein recently moved to suspend his state's 41-cent-per-gallon gas tax through...

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Raleigh News & Observer

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NC drivers can report gas stations that overcharge. Will violators be announced?

North Carolina’s attorney general announced a new tool this week that will allow drivers to report gas stations they believe aren’t passing along savings from the gas tax pause. Jeff Jackson’s office will be looking for “clear outliers” using “publicly available gas price data,” and will investigate consumer reports. I asked whether the attorney general’s office will be announcing or reporting any gas stations that are found to be violating the law , which Gov. Josh Stein signed Oct. 9. Responding to my question by email Thursday, Bailey Aldridge, press secretary for the attorney general, said the office was just beginning to receive complaints, and “as we review them, we’ll know more.” Full story: Is your gas station overcharging? NC attorney general wants you to report it Here’s what to know about the new reporting tool, N.C. Fuel Check: Attorney General Jeff Jackson launched N.C. Fuel Check, an online tool at ncdoj.gov/ncfuelcheck where drivers can report gas stations they believe aren’t passing along savings from the pause of the state’s motor fuels tax. Jackson said his office will monitor prices for “clear outliers” and warned stations: “If every gas station in town is charging $3.60 and one of them is

North Carolina · 20d

WBTV

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Hundreds of complaints filed within days of gas tax suspension in North Carolina

North Carolina · 21d

Trains.com

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North Carolina receives $550 million for S-Line passenger project

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Federal Railroad Administration and North Carolina Department of Transportation today marked the FRA’s move obligating $550 million in federal funds for the S-Line rail passenger project between Raleigh and Richmond, Va. The FRA announced in 2023 it would award $1.09 billion to the S-Line project, the largest grant NCDOT had received [...] Read More...

North Carolina · 21d

ABC11 Eyewitness News

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More than 200 complaints filed over North Carolina gas tax holiday

More than 220 complaints have been filed with the state's new NC Fuel Check system from drivers who say gas stations aren't passing along savings from North Carolina's gas tax holiday.

North Carolina · 21d

The Wake Weekly

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Stein, NCDOT Secretary join Federal Railroad Administration to announce $550 Million for S-Line Rail Program

Gov. Josh Stein and Transportation Secretary Daniel Johnson joined the Federal Railroad Administration in Raleigh on Thursday, Oct. 15, to announce $550 million in Federal-State Partnership funding to advance the S-Line Raleigh to Richmond Innovating Rail Program.

North Carolina · 22d