Halifax-Northampton Regional Airport is one of 27 facilities in the state approved to receive improvement funds.
Starting Monday, motorists who use Three Bridges Road in Halifax County will encounter a detour while maintenance work is done on the bridge near Quankey Creek south of Roanoke Rapids.
The Peanut Belt Rural Planning Organization Technical Advisory Council has recommended a proposed Amtrak station in Weldon be put on the state’s Transportation Improvement Plan.
A Thelma area man survived a crash into Roanoke Rapids Lake after hydroplaning and going through the bridge rail on Little Deep Creek Road this afternoon.