NC DOT

National industry experts recently recognized NCDOT's efforts during the National Operations Center of Excellence's annual awards event.

WFDD listener Scott Kaminski passes by enormous flower beds on his daily highway commute between High Point and Lexington. He has long wondered how the program began, and who keeps it going. WFDD reporter David Ford finds the answers to those questions and more on Carolina Curious.

Recent storms in the Piedmont Triad have caused fallen trees, flooding and power outages, sometimes wiping out traffic lights and signals.Davidson County listener Bill Herndon asked why these signals aren't equipped with backup batteries. For this edition of Carolina Curious, WFDD’s Amy Diaz turned to the North Carolina Department of Transportation to find the answer.

Work has begun on a long-term project to make a Wilkes County stretch of U.S. 421 safer.

An inmate in Forsyth County who escaped on work assignment has returned to custody. Bobby Abraham was headed to work for the North Carolina Department of…