Right Angles (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
We’ve now received two reports that provide a good snapshot of how Johnston County’s state legislators fare when evaluated on issues of fiscal conservatism and social conservatism, and on issues related to business. First, let’s look at Civitas Action’s Conservative Effectiveness Ratings. The first number is a percentage from zero (least conservative) to 100 percent...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
KENLY, N.C., Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Big Boys Truck Stop in Kenly, N.C., today unveiled the East Coast's first Shorepower truck electrification stations that will reduce air pollution and save fuel. The Johnston County truck stop along Interstate 95 installed the new electrification stations to allow resting long-haul truck drivers to plug in to electricity to run their onboard...
The Triangle Business Journal (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Johnston County’s Four Oaks Bank says it is still awaiting Federal Reserve Board approval for its acquisition of Nuestro Banco, an Hispanic-focused lender headquartered in Garner.
The Triangle Business Journal (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
... being added will have an average annual salary of $51,066, excluding benefits, higher than the Johnston County average of $33,900.“We’re extremely pleased to be investing in our company’s growth while at the same time contributing to the economic prosperity of Johnston County, a region that has been a historic partner in the development of our industry,” said Mary Kuhn,...
The Triangle Business Journal (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Gov. Bev Perdue will be on hand Friday for an economic development announcement in Clayton, the town’s chamber of commerce and town officials confirmed Thursday.The governor is expected to announce that ’ Clayton manufacturing plant will be expanded and hundreds of new jobs created.Wade Stewart, chairman of the Johnston County Board of Commissioners, and Jazz Woodward, interim director...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
... new jobs over seven years.The company employs about 4,700 people worldwide and more than 1,800 in Johnston County, N.C. It is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, N.C.
thepharmaletter.com (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
... hub of Research Triangle Park, NC. With more than 1,800 full-time workers employed in Johnston County, Talecris is one of the county’s largest employers. The company has hired more than 180 employees this year in Johnston County alone.The Clayton manufacturing facility produces protein therapies that are used to treat a range of diseases, including immune deficiencies,...
The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
A reminder from a reader of the need to avoid generalization: I actually laughed at that email from the South Shore only because of this perception that all tolerance for gay people only exists north of the Mason-Dixon line. Absolutely not true. My partner and I live in Johnston County, NC. Go look it up. At one time not so long ago they proudly advertised they had the largest population...
The Triangle Business Journal (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
The latest update on the nation’s construction jobs market wasn’t much of an update for the Raleigh-Cary region.The area comprising Wake, Franklin and Johnston counties continues to rank among the 20 worst hit labor markets for construction workers in the United States, and the Raleigh-Cary job pool continues to shrink.Raleigh-Cary had 29,100 construction jobs in September, according...
CITIZEN-TIMES.com - News (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
... back as the year 500, she said.When researchers came to James Hunter, identified on a Rockingham County marker as a former lawmaker and leader of the Regulator uprising before the Revolutionary War, they uncovered a problem. There were actually two James Hunters, one the legislator and the other one the Regulator, who actually lived in Guilford County, where a new marker now stands."What...
Biblical Recorder (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
... Ned Walsh, a former Baptist minister and current executive director of Habitat for Humanity of Johnston County in Smithfield, N.C., recently returned from a trip to Cuba. He said government officials are particularly wary of money coming from Florida. Opposition in Florida to Cuban leader Fidel Castro is strong, especially among the large population of Cuban exiles in the Miami area....
trucks world news (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
... offering the overnight plug-in option. A fourth is scheduled to open later this month in Rowan County , 45 miles northeast of Charlotte ... Big Boys manager Wendi Powell said the investment has not been considered profitable for most truck stops, but Big Boys wanted to differentiate itself from bigger competitors... (Photo: Mark Simila installs an Electrified Parking Space pod at the Big...
