Transportation

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.

​​​​​​​As post-Helene recovery efforts continue, state Department of Transportation workers remain busy reconstructing Interstate 40 along the Tennessee-North Carolina border. That roughly 9-mile stretch of highway could reopen as soon as next month.

The airport is anticipating over 40,000 people will use its services over the Thanksgiving weekend.