RALEIGH, N.C. North Carolina's Employment Security Commission is introducing a way for the newly unemployed to file a compensation claim by telephone. The agency said Monday it will start the system for unemployed workers to file their ...

James Broyhill used to pull into N.C. communities in a travel trailer and do case work from there. “It's the most important thing I emphasize in my office.” said Burr. “Typically they come to us because they have exhausted every ...

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Send checks to Empty Stocking Fund, P.O. Box 37269, Charlotte, NC 28237-7269. To volunteer call 704-716-2643. Send checks to Project Joy or cash to DSS Community Resource Office, 301 Billingsley Road, Charlotte NC 28212. ...

Travel agency holds anniversary event. Hobson Travel celebrated its 25th anniversary Oct. 1. The company is holding an anniversary open house from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3 at the offices at 1273 S. Naper Blvd.,... Read Full Article ...

Jeremy Wisham, Atlanta, Metro Atlanta Homeless Task Force (www.homelesstaskforce.org). The Coaches:. Sara Silvennoinen, Ann Arbor, Mich., Project Outreach Rescue Team (www.a2port.org) Rob Cann, Charlotte, N.C., Street Soccer USA/ Urban ...

The N.C. DOT transit division is headed by Roberto Canales, a deputy secretary who also directs the department's campaign to reinvent itself as an efficient, accountable agency. He said Wednesday that state programs have not yet ...

"Over the years, they have become fully entrenched in the system," said Patti Manolakis, a Charlotte, N.C., pharmacist who has studied the issue. Only a few unapproved drugs are truly essential and should remain on the market, ...

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Quite frankly, they should have been checked.” The agency will decide whether people whose information was accidentally sold with the cabinets will be told, Van Sciver said. Subscribe to The Charlotte Observer & Earn Miles. Showing: ...