US 70 highway upgrade to convert to Interstate 42
Groundbreaking planned for spring on US 70 in James City to replace five signalized intersections with exit ramps over 5.1 miles. Cost slated at 327.56 million with completion in 2023. Utilities relocation and property acquisitions underway. Brices Creek Bible Church and other businesses affected. Design build approach to speed up work.
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James City
Raleigh
Morehead City
Brices Creek Bible Church
NCDOT
Williams Road
Airport Road
Grantham Road
Taberna Way
Thurman Road
March 17 1960 Sit-Ins Sparked New Bern Civil Rights Protest
New Bern records a key civil rights moment as 29 black high school students protest segregation by staging lunch counter sit-ins at J S Kress and Clark's Drug Store. The action highlights white-only service policies at the era’s soda shops and back-door sales for Black customers.
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J.S. Kress and
Clark’s
Attorney’s Offices
Middle
Broad Streets
What is real change in the wake of Floyd death
The Sun Journal reports varied answers from Craven County residents on defining real change after George Floyd’s death. Many tie change to ending racism and equal treatment, while others urge specific policy actions like removing choke holds, deescalation focus, and civilian advisory boards to empower policy changes.
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Black Lives Matter
George Floyd
Minneapolis
Sun Journal
Floyd
Pam Woods
Craven County
NAACP
Floyds brother urges Congress to stop the pain at hearing
Philonise Floyd told a House hearing to end the pain from George Floyds death and to ensure his brother is more than a name on a growing list. He urged lawmakers to act, as Democrats review the Justice in Policing Act during a national debate on policing and racial inequity.
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Philonise
Floyd
Congress
George
Minnesota
Philonise Floyd
Perry
House Judiciary Committee
Jerrold Nadler
United States
George Floyd
Capitol Hill
Michael Reynolds
THE
Associated Press
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