North Carolina panel backs 2.9 billion budget draft
The North Carolina General Assembly's 7 Joint Appropriations Committee endorsed a state budget plan of more than 2.9 billion for the next fiscal year but delayed a final vote until Friday. Senate and House members debated funding for Cape Lookout National Seashore land purchases, with resistance to immediate expenditure due to condemnation. The committee aims to report the bill to the floor by Monday night, setting the stage for adjournment.
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Reese Hart
Associated Press
Raleigh
North Colina
Allsbrook
Cape Lookout
National Seashore Park
Ronald Earl Mason
Ccarteret
Ralph Scott
D-Alamance
Senate Appropriations
House
Senate
North Carolina Budget Highlights for Next Fiscal Year
The House appropriations committee outlined a 2.9 billion dollar state budget featuring hiring for 100 highway patrol officers and 50 process servers, 8.2 million for Morehead City and Wilmington port facilities, 2.8 million for mental health care improvements, 2.5 million for community health centers, 25 million for a 5 percent state employee pay raise plus another 5 percent for low earners, 2.6 million for an agricultural analytical lab, 14.3 million to support increased community college enrollment, and 2.2 million for across the board college staff pay raises. The panel rejected boosting county welfare by 1.5 million and trimming public school teachers’ additional employment days. Rep. Carl Stewart described the plan, noting about 600 thousand as a buffer.
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Morehead City
Wilmington
Department of Agriculture
Carl Stewart
D-Gaston
House
Stewart
Identification Of Abandoned Baby Sought
A five day old baby boy was abandoned at a Hillsville Virginia gas station and police sought the parents and identity. The infant, described as red headed, was reported fine at Wad dell Hospital in Galax. Otis Felts, 17, found the box with towels near a soft drink machine.
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Hillsville
Waddell Hospital
Galax
Otis Felts
Felts
Deaths And Funerals In Roxboro And Surrounding Areas
Multiple funeral notices from Roxboro and Roanoke recall Floyd Hughes Hawkins 77 of Semora Rt. 1 who died in a local hospital. John Norman Dalton two-year-old son of Donald Wayne and Linda Dalton died in California after injuries from an auto accident. Graveside services for Kert Ward Moore 68 will be at Highland Burial Park. Nellie Grasty Apple dies in Memorial Hospital. Anne Louise Moulse Felty dies in Roanoke. services set for Raleigh Court United Methodist Church. Burial arrangements handled by local funeral homes.
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Roxboro
N.C
Floyd Hughes Hawkins
Berry’s Grove Baptist Church
R. P. Martin
Burch Wray
C. B. Davis
Mr. Hawkins
Semora Rt. 1
John Norman Dalton
Danville
Barker Chapel
David Wilson
P. H. Ricketts
Highland Burial Park
Donald Wayne
Linda Loftis Dalton
Paradise Valley Hospital
National City
Calif
U. S. Navy
Cecil Loftis
Ringgold
Carol Dalton
Mount Hermon
J. 0. Loftis
Oscar Hughes
Keeling
John Dawson
Norman Dalton
Dry Fork
Kert Ward Moore
George D. Jackson
Moore
Hawthorne Drive
Rock Hill
S.C
William Webster Moore
Lula Lazenby Moore
Vgit
Roanoke
Anne Louise Moulse Felty
Wythe Douglas Felty
Beverly Felty
John Masoncupp
Ballard W. Graham
Salem
Hugh A. Moulse
W. Douglas Moulse
G. Hampton Moulse
Raleigh Court United Methodist Church
Frank H. van Dyck
Evergreen Cemetery
Oakey’s
Educators Back Year-Round Schools Overcrowding Prompt
Virginia Beach AP report notes educators at a national seminar say overcrowding drove experiments with year-round public schools. Most respondents see it too soon to determine long term outcomes.
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Virginia Beach
Postponed Atlantic Canoe Voyage From Utah Couple
Shirley Haycock and Bob Geedy of Price Utah have postponed off to Monday their plan to sail a 16 foot outrigger canoe from Wilmington North Carolina to Portugal Coast Guard Cmdr Jack Howell said they are not yet prepared or equipped for the voyage Howell reported Haycock told him of the delay in a Thursday talk The Coast Guard regards the craft as unsuitable for the voyage and warns they are not adequately prepared
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Wilmington
N.C
Shirley Haycock
Utah
Atlantic
Coast Guard
Haycock
Price
Bob Geedy
Jack Howell
Howell
Haycrock
Portugal
Ruling Upholds EPA Block on Inspection Documents
The 4th U S Circuit upheld a district court ruling that FOIA cannot force EPA to release clean air regulation documents. Ethyl Corp of Richmond sued after EPA refused disclosure, a decision tied to lead additive regulation and environmental duties.
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Richmond, Va
4Th
U. S. Circuit of Appeals
U. S. District Court
Environmental Protection Agency
Ethyl Corp
Richmond
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Nellie Apple
Nellie Grasty Apple
West Stokes St
Memorial Hospital
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Robert Ward Moore
MOM
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Richmond Public Schools
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É69 Ltd
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