Blount County, Tenn., officials have approved using a state grant to pay for stepped-up traffic enforcement in a curvy Smoky Mountains foothills highway popular with motorcyclists. The stretch of U.S. 129 is known as The Dragon because it has 318 …
In testimony today before the North Carolina Building Code Council, the American Insurance Association urged that stronger hurricane resistant construction standards be required for all areas of the coast vulnerable to hurricane-force winds. “Adopting and enforcing all building code provisions …
James L. Britt has been named the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriting Society’s 2007-2008 president. Britt was installed during the Society’s annual business meeting on Monday in Honolulu, along with the incoming year’s officers and governors. Marvin Kelly was named president-elect, …
The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies recently announced that it’s gone to the dogs – and cats too. The company said that now in most states, a Progressive policy with collision coverage will cover its customers’ canine and feline four-legged …
Tropical Storm Gabrielle struggled to stay organized as it moved back over the Atlantic Ocean early Monday, leaving in its wake wet but largely unimpressed vacationers and surfers on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Though the storm lost much of its …
Two senators want to ban Mexican trucks from U.S. roads, saying not enough has been done to make sure they are safe. Sens. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., and Arlen Specter, R-Pa., want to strip funding for a program launched last week …
Tropical Storm Gabrielle began to shower North Carolina’s Outer Banks with rain and batter them with high winds Sunday as the storm slogged slowly toward the coast. Forecasters expected the storm to increase its wind speed slightly – though not …
New York (Sept. 6 2007) – The ever-expanding investment banking firm, Mystic Capital Advisors Group, LLC, is pleased to announce its newest associate: Robin Frost. Mr. Frost joins Mystic Capital as Vice President. Frost spent the past 15 years in …
Bulging brick means several law school classrooms at the University of North Carolina’s law school will be closed for a while. About 200 students and professors scattered Friday when the exterior of a 39-year-old building shifted, bowing brickwork, crumbling concrete …
U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters announced that 17 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and four territories will receive more than $109 million under a federal program to encourage and enforce seat belt use. “Having a strong seat …
