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30-foot Frosty erected in Durham

30-foot Frosty erected in Durham

Check out the larger than life Frosty the Snowman in Durham. Some of the scaffold erectors at  Associated Scaffolding took it upon themselves, after their regular shift, to erect a 30-foot tall Frosty The Snowman at [...]

Rankings of state’s best performing metro areas falls in 2011

Overall, of the state’s nine large metro areas, only two improved their  rankings in the past year — Asheville from 106th to 85th, and  Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton from 197th to 189th, reports the Winston-Salem Journal. Raleigh-Cary was the [...]

NC jobless rate drops

North Carolina’s unemployment rate fell in November for the second consecutive month, but the job market nonetheless remains bleak, reports the Charlotte Observer. The unemployment rate for North Carolina was 10 percent in November, down from [...]