November 18, 2008 Bryan C. Hanks Content Editor Lenoir County Economic Development department’s Cindy Johnson and Nita Lee unveil the rendering of the Shell Building Number 3 on Tuesday during the groundbreaking ceremony on Enterprise Boulevard. Cold temperatures, a bitterly frigid wind and sporadic snow flurries couldn’t keep Kinston’s movers and shakers from moving and shaking some dirt Tuesday afternoon. About three dozen of Kinston and Lenoir County’s government, educational and business leaders met at the intersection of Enterprise Boulevard and Smithfield Way for the groundbreaking ceremony of a “shell” building in the county. The 40,000-square foot structure will…
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July 10, 2007 DAVID ANDERSON Kinston Free Press Staff Writer City, state and federal officials gathered Tuesday to dedicate Kinston’s new $48 million Regional Water Reclamation Facility, which was built to replace the former Peachtree Wastewater Treatment Plant wrecked by Hurricane Floyd in 1999. Rebuilding the city’s sewage treatment facilities was a critical part of local recovery efforts in the wake of Floyd’s devastation, and the chief executives who lead the city and state through the crisis – former Mayor Johnnie Mosley and former Gov. Jim Hunt – were on hand Tuesday to praise everyone who worked during the recovery…
May 25, 2007 KINSTON, N.C.—After successfully passing another elimination round, Insight Racing and N.C. State University’s College of Engineering displayed its computer-driven Lotus Elise today at the TransPark Center. This vehicle is targeted to compete in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Grand Challenge on November 3, 2007. DARPA created the Grand Challenge events to advance unmanned vehicle driving technology more rapidly, answering a congressional mandate to convert one-third of military vehicles to driverless, computer-driven mode by 2015. On May 10, the Insight Racing team was informed that its vehicle continues to be a candidate for inclusion in the…
September 6, 2006 Kinston , NC —Low-cost airline Allegiant Air, LLC announces today new, nonstop jet service to the fun and sun of Orlando , Fla. from Kinston , N.C. beginning Nov 10. The low-fare carrier will celebrate the convenient new service to the Sunshine State , with introductory fares as low as $49 each way, when booked at www.allegiantair.com . The self-proclaimed “Official Airline for Sunshine” will launch the new scheduled service from Kinston Regional Jetport to Orlando Sanford International Airport with complete vacation packages including roundtrip air and three-night hotel stay for as low as $167. (Price is…