Lenin Romero was framing windows on a home in Wilmington when he fell from a ladder and was impaled by a steel rod. If a $2.30 safety cap had been placed over the rod, it likely would have saved his life. Joshua "Kerrey" Brindle was laying sewer pipes in Albemarle when a trench collapsed and buried him alive. A commonly used piece of equipment called a "trench box" probably would have ...
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CAPE CANAVERAL — Port Canaveral officials announced Thursday a plan to turn an existing cargo berth into a new cruise terminal in 2026 that can take the largest cruise ships in the world. “The need now for our cruise partners is immediate,” said port CEO Capt. John Murray. “We have a point now where we’re starting to turn business away from Port Canaveral.” The port had initially targeted ...
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Piedmont Lithium is moving another step closer to opening its controversial $1.2 billion North Carolina lithium mine in Gaston County after the state issued it a mining permit this week. N.C. Department of Environmental Quality approved the final mining permit for Piedmont Lithium, which will allow the Belmont-based company to mine for lithium near Cherryville, west of Charlotte. Receiving ...
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Nashville-based Rochford Realty & Construction Co. Inc. and Land Innovations LLC of Brentwood announced Friday plans for a massive mixed-use project in North Alabama — with the development to potentially carry a price tag of $2.2 billion and require at least 20 years to unfold. According to a release, the project will be undertaken on about 411 acres in Mooresville (see here), which sits ...
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The North Carolina Museum of History, which gets nearly a half million visitors a year, will close for renovations lasting two to three years. The third-floor exhibitsof the downtown Raleigh museum will close June 3. The first-floor exhibitsand the physical museum building will close Oct. 7, though the museum shop will remain open through Dec. 29, 2024. "We're embarking on an incredible ...
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A lithium battery parts manufacturer plans to invest $140 million in its first U.S. facility, creating 545 jobs in North Carolina. Green New Energy Materials Inc., which makes a key part of lithium-ion batteries, will open its manufacturing plant in Lincoln County, Gov. Roy Cooper's office said Thursday in a news release. The Denver area facility, just northwest of Charlotte, will manufacture ...
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The development team involved with the yet-to-open luxury residential building The Manning in West Nashville is finalizing a new general contractor and additional funding from its lender, with work on the project slated to be finished this calendar year. The effort comes after Killian Construction Company, the previous general contractor, ceased its involvement with the development — and as ...
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The Central Florida Expressway Authority has dramatically upped its stake in one of the region’s most controversial environmental issues ever by tripling to more than $43 million the cash it is offering to encourage state approval of a toll road crossing Split Oak Forest. Disclosed Tuesday, the new proposal comes on the eve of a long-awaited showdown between road supporters and opponents ...
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ATLANTA (AP) — The second of two new nuclear reactors in Georgia has entered commercial operation, capping a project that cost billions more and took years longer than originally projected. Georgia Power Co. and fellow owners announced the milestone Monday for Plant Vogtle's Unit 4, which joins an earlier new reactor southeast of Augusta in splitting atoms to make carbon-free electricity. Unit ...
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A woman who was diagnosed with brain damage after a portion of a crane fell onto a bridge in downtown Fort Lauderdale is seeking more than $50 million in damages. Attorneys for Gemmalyn Castillo filed a lawsuit in Broward circuit court Thursday against five companies linked to the April 4 partial crane collapse on the Southeast Third Avenue bridge. A construction worker was killed, and three ...
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