PARKMAN, Maine (AP) — The converted turkey coop that a co-founder of Burt’s Bees once called home in Maine is going to be saved and displayed at the company’s headquarters in North Carolina. Burt’s Bees has bought the structure where ...

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RALEIGH — A new 30-year report on sea-level rise shows wide variances along the North Carolina coast, from a possible rise of 4 inches at Southport to more than 12 inches on the northern Outer Banks. The News & Observer of Raleigh ...

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The Charlotte metropolitan statistical area gained 2,500 construction jobs in the year ending in September, which amounted to a 6 percent increase, according to the Associated General Contractors of America. The Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, S.C., region ranked 106 out of 339 ...

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North Carolina lost 1,300 construction jobs in August when compared with July, a 0.7 percent decrease that ranked the state 36th in the monthly percentage change in construction employment among the United States and Washington, D.C., according to a report ...

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RALEIGH — North Carolina’s unemployment rate has increased for the second straight month to 6.8 percent in August. State officials said Friday that the jobless rate increased by three-tenths of a percentage point from July. That puts the state above the national rate ...

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North Carolina has moved up to No. 10 in the number of people employed in the U.S. solar industry, according to a report from The Solar Foundation, a national nonprofit research organization. The report found that 3,100 people in the ...

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Some people just don’t want to move to Florida in retirement. They’d rather stay put in the Carolinas with all the region has to offer: its splendid weather, culture and beautiful scenery. Still, retirees need to take their finances, safety ...

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CHARLOTTE – Between December 2012 and December 2013, the Charlotte metro area added more than 3,000 construction jobs, while North Carolina as a whole lost 3,700 jobs, according to a new report from the Associated General Contractors of America. In ...

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RALEIGH — North Carolina homeowners are looking at insurance cost increases averaging 25 percent starting in August if the state’s regulator goes along, and his office is expected to hear Friday from some of those angriest about the prospect of higher premiums. The ...

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RALEIGH — Health insurance enrollment during the first few months of the federal overhaul law was stronger in North Carolina than in all but four other states, a new report released Monday said. Almost 108,000 North Carolina residents signed up for health insurance in the first ...

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