Mrs. Dottie Lou Fortescue O’Neal, age 63, a resident of the Ponzer community of Belhaven, NC died Sunday July 7, 2024, at her home with family by her side.
Published: Tuesday, July 9th, 2024 @ 7:00 am
By: Announcements
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The $1.09 billion discretionary grant will be used to build the initial leg of a passenger rail line
Published: Monday, February 26th, 2024 @ 10:14 am
By: Governor's Office
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Former President Donald Trump stirred controversy on Saturday as he revived a long-running critique of NATO over how much its member nations contribute financially to the alliance, alluding to his hardball negotiation tactics with other world leaders on the subject.
Published: Saturday, February 24th, 2024 @ 8:03 am
By: Daily Wire
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The state Supreme Court has granted a temporary stay to a Department of Transportation worker fired in connection with falsified bus driver recertification.
Published: Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024 @ 9:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Star actress Gal Gadot called on organizations around the world to pressure Hamas terrorists into immediately releasing all of the women that they took hostage during their October 7 terrorist attack on Israel.
Published: Thursday, December 21st, 2023 @ 10:30 am
By: Daily Wire
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After serving for twenty-seven years in state government, including the last three as secretary for the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), Eric Boyette is retiring.
Published: Friday, December 8th, 2023 @ 8:05 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A fired state Department of Transportation worker urges the full 15-member North Carolina Court of Appeals to rehear his lawsuit challenging the dismissal.
Published: Wednesday, November 29th, 2023 @ 12:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina has a growing problem, both figuratively and literally. Being ranked as the #1 state for business two years in a row is definitely a good problem to have
Published: Monday, November 27th, 2023 @ 11:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Israeli actress and model Gal Gadot reportedly helped schedule an upcoming screening for Hollywood celebrities and prominent figures to view nearly an hour of footage of Hamas terrorizing Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip in early October.
Published: Monday, November 20th, 2023 @ 6:54 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Visitors to the Baltimore Harbor Pier were startled today after a beleaguered man working the Dippin' Dots ice cream stand shouted angrily at them as they passed by.
Published: Sunday, October 22nd, 2023 @ 12:29 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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RALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper announced today that North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Secretary Eric Boyette is retiring from state government after 27 years of service.
Published: Saturday, October 14th, 2023 @ 5:06 am
By: Governor's Office
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A split N.C. Court of Appeals panel is blocking an order that would have forced the N.C. Department of Transportation to change vendors for a state electronic lien and titling system.
Published: Saturday, July 8th, 2023 @ 2:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Department of Transportation is urging the state's second-highest court to step into a contract dispute.
Published: Thursday, June 8th, 2023 @ 3:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is calling on the DOT to address a long-standing inequity by using more gay crash test dummies in their automobile crash safety tests.
Published: Saturday, May 20th, 2023 @ 1:19 am
By: Babylon Bee
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation unveiled its Clean Transportation Plan Wednesday. They say it will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, advance “environmental justice,” and create good-paying jobs tied to clean transportation.
Published: Tuesday, March 21st, 2023 @ 1:20 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization (CRTPO) has voted to authorize the NCDOT to conduct a study which seeks to improve traffic congestion along the I-77 corridor.
Published: Saturday, March 4th, 2023 @ 10:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation has replenished the state’s Highway Trust Fund (HTF) with $1.1 billion — two years ahead of schedule.
Published: Monday, February 6th, 2023 @ 12:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Expresses Appreciation for DOT Collaboration
Published: Monday, January 23rd, 2023 @ 2:38 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The state auditor said in an examination released Wednesday, May 26, that the N.C. Department of Transportation’s sloppy record keeping led to inaccurate reports on advance construction.
Published: Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021 @ 11:35 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Kim Joy Dotson, age 66, a resident of Washington, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, May. 24, 2021, at her home.
Published: Tuesday, May 25th, 2021 @ 10:39 am
By: Announcements
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Today, the NC Department of Transportation and the NC Department of Health and Human Services announced that approximately $2.5 million in Coronavirus Relief Funding is being distributed to local transit agencies across the state
Published: Sunday, January 24th, 2021 @ 4:49 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Less than a year after an audit of the N.C. Department of Transportation found massive overspending, a blue-ribbon panel is recommending the department get a 40% budget hike.
Published: Saturday, January 16th, 2021 @ 9:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawmakers are trying to fix the Department of Transportation’s spending problems that triggered mass layoffs, project delays, and chaos in the transportation industry.
Published: Wednesday, August 12th, 2020 @ 9:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The state Department of Transportation defended its overspending and planned reforms to a skeptical Senate Transportation Committee on Wednesday, May 27.
Published: Friday, May 29th, 2020 @ 7:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawmakers blasted the N.C. Department of Transportation for careless overspending, suggesting the DOT is using the coronavirus to “cover up” irresponsible cash management.
Published: Friday, May 22nd, 2020 @ 3:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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WBTV reported that the North Carolina Department of Transportation is furloughing employees after years of financial mismanagement.
Published: Wednesday, May 20th, 2020 @ 2:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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P.T. Barnum once said there’s a sucker born every minute.
Published: Tuesday, February 25th, 2020 @ 12:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Hurricane victims, struggling rural hospitals, and the state Department of Transportation will get an infusion of cash.
Published: Saturday, November 23rd, 2019 @ 4:23 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Mrs. Mary Elizabeth “Dot” Smith Hollowell, age 93, a former resident of Bay City Road, Aurora, died Friday, November 22, 2019 at Bayview Nursing Center in New Bern.
Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2019 @ 1:34 pm
By: Announcements
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The N.C. Department of Transportation’s financial woes may be over, but its headaches live on.
Published: Thursday, November 21st, 2019 @ 8:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Department of Transportation has a cash shortfall. But not for the reasons department officials are giving.
Published: Saturday, October 26th, 2019 @ 7:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Some House members want to give the N.C. Department of Transportation an emergency bailout.
Published: Friday, October 25th, 2019 @ 3:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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