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Appeals Court Orders NCDOT To Pay Deposits To Landowners
The N.C. Court of Appeals has ordered the state Department of Transportation to pay deposits on properties in the path of a beltway.
The Winston-Salem Journal reports the ruling on Tuesday means NCDOT has to begin appraising hundreds of properties in the path of the Winston-Salem Northern Beltway and paying deposits, unless the decision is appealed to the N.C. Supreme Court.
Landowners began suing the state in 2011 to force NCDOT to buy their lands, arguing that the declaration of a beltway corridor in effect caused a taking of their properties by limiting their rights to subdivide or develop.
The North Carolina Attorney General's Office said it was reviewing the decision and would work with NCDOT to determine its next steps.
North Carolina County Line Confusion Closer To Resolution
Longstanding confusion over the border between two North Carolina counties could soon be resolved.
The Times-News of Burlington reports the Alamance County Board of Commissioners voted 5-0 Monday to request the state legislature adopt a straight line drawn by the North Carolina Geodetic Survey as the official border between Guilford and Alamance counties. The commissioners said Guilford County is in agreement.
Alamance County Commissioners Chair Eddie Boswell said the two counties' tax collectors have made various agreements and arrangements over the past 168 years, resulting in confusion over which properties are in which county.
Alamance County Manager Bryan Hagood says the Alamance-Burlington Board of Education is willing to work with the board as far as grandfathering in students who would be placed in a new county by the new line.
Polls Says Consumers Will Avoid Black Friday Shopping
A new High Point University poll says a majority of North Carolinians will avoid shopping on Black Friday.
The poll found that 75 percent of North Carolinians don't plan on shopping Black Friday. An even higher number of respondents, 77 percent, will be staying out of the stores on Thanksgiving Day.
And many respondents say they're not happy about businesses that require employees to work on the holiday.
HPU political science professor Martin Kifer says even though folks aren't going out, most people say they'll spend the same amount of money on the holidays this year, compared to last year.
Kifer says on average, the poll found just over a thousand dollars will be spent on gifts, food, decorations and other holiday items.
North Carolina Man Convicted In 2016 Pedestrian Death
A jury has convicted a North Carolina man of second-degree murder in the death of a pedestrian following a Carolina Panthers game nearly two years ago.
The Mecklenburg County jury convicted 32-year-old Greg Wheeling on Tuesday in the death of 28-year-old Kelli Putnam.
Authorities say both Putnam and Wheeling had been watching a Carolina Panthers playoff game on Jan. 17, 2016. Putnam attended the game while Wheeling had been with friends at a bar. Subsequent tests showed that both were legally drunk.
NCDOT Suspends Road, Lane Closures For Holiday Travel
Over the river and through the woods will be relatively easy for most North Carolina motorists during the Thanksgiving holiday.
A news release from the N.C. Department of Transportation says a road and lane closure suspension began Tuesday morning and continues through 8 p.m. on Nov. 27. The only exceptions are where work has made it unsafe to open all lanes, such as where a bridge is being replaced or travel lanes are being constructed or rebuilt.
Among the closures, the eastbound U.S. 158 Wright Memorial Bridge is closed for deck rehabilitation.
In Vance and Warren counties, Interstate 85 will be in a single-lane pattern in each direction on the northbound side for about 15 miles between U.S. 1 and the Virginia state line.
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