Transportation

Members of the public can comment on the new policy and grants by attending a virtual meeting in May.

Six months after Helene wreaked havoc on western North Carolina, roughly one-third of the 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway remains closed, but the National Parks Service has begun projects to repair the damage.

The pilot program will initially serve the northwest part of the city along North Main Street.

A stretch of Interstate 40 through the western North Carolina mountains is reopening to traffic this weekend, months after Hurricane Helene’s

Snowy roads led to hundreds of crashes throughout Virginia and North Carolina, including a series of crashes on an interstate highway involving more than 50 vehicles, as officials continued to ask people Thursday to avoid travel to allow crews to work on the roads.

A flight attendant who was killed in the midair collision last week

The Army on Saturday released the name of the third soldier who died Wednesday when an Army helicopter 

NC by Train, the state-supported intercity Amtrak service, carried over 720,000 passengers last year. That’s an increase of 55% over pre-pandemic ridership. 

At a City Council meeting Monday, officials voted to get rid of routes 99, 100, and 110. Each had less than three boardings per hour.