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CONCORD -- N.C. Secretary of Commerce Sharon Decker visited Concord on Thursday to welcome Exit 49’s newest tourism attraction – Sea Life Charlotte-Concord, which opened to the public at Concord Mills.
The $10 million attraction features 5,000 marine creatures including six sharks, several sting rays, jellyfish and a Giant Pacific octopus. The tour starts with tanks featuring aquatic life from the Catawba River and ends with the largest tank that features the sharks.
UMBERTON — U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, whose 8th District includes Robeson and Scotland counties, on Monday toured Cape Fear Arsenal in Lumberton as part of a four-business tour he will make this week of manufacturing companies in his district.
“I’m excited about the potential for this business to succeed and grow in Robeson County,” Hudson said. “I think the market is right at this time for this product.”
LUMBERTON - A start-up ammunition manufacturer plans to create 204 jobs in Robeson County over the next five years, starting this summer.
Cape Fear Arsenal will expand its product from manufacturing projectiles to manufacturing all components of finished ammunition.
Jobs should be available as production increases, beginning in August when the company receives a new machine.
Thursday, January 30, 2014 — President Barack Obama vowed to press forward despite a deeply divided Congress, calling for equal pay for women and a higher minimum wage during Tuesday night’s annual State of the Union address.
Although President Obama’s second term agenda has been marred with low approval ratings and a health care law that has sputtered to get off the ground, his talk of equal pay for women and a higher minimum wage drew thundering applause and standing ovations, albeit mostly among bipartisan lines.