Tag: Rural NC

Hall speaks up for rural N.C.

In his opening comments to the House, Hall said one of his priorities as speaker is finding ways to stem the hollowing-out of rural North Carolina. “We’ve got to figure out ways to incentivize people like me from rural North Carolina who left to go get an education, incentivize them to go back to rural […]

Written by on January 9, 2025

N.C.’s rural bridges, traffic among worst in U.S.

  A new report from Washington-based nonprofit research firm TRIP rated the conditions of North Carolina’s rural bridges as 19th worst in the U.S. Along the state’s rural roadways, the rate of traffic fatalities rated as sixth-worst. The report underscored TRIP’s findings earlier this month that more than a third of major locally and state-maintained […]

Written by on September 23, 2024