News & Article Archives April 2008
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Mount Airy, Regional, and State of NC
News Archives
4-29-2008
Council to get first look at budget (p.6)
Foreclosure filings increase in first quarter across state
4-28-2008
RCC parking solutions ‘no quick fix’ (p.1)
Sports, sweat and smiles abound at spring games (p.1)
Earnings show continuing decrease (p.3)
It helps to listen - Editorial (p.4)
4-27-2008
Survey about Business 40 revamp plans nearly done
4-26-2008
Southern Community board declares quarterly dividend
Net income fell 46 percent in quarter at Surrey Bancorp
Falling interest rates lead to loss for TriStone
High Point furniture market reports drop in registration
March unemployment 5.3% in Triad
4-25-2008
Dobson applauds STEP presentation (p.1)
Tourism collaboration up and running (p.6)
Show and Tell: 160 exhibitors, 1,000 people attend chamber's annual Business Expo
Triad home sales fell 23% in March
4-24-2008
Commissioners still concerned about mobile unit (p.1)
Mobile unit not SCC’s answer Editorial (p.4)
Late planning start dooms Farm Fest (p.7)
Winston-Salem chamber holds business expo today
BNC says top executive got a big bump in pay
Profit essentially flat in quarter, Carolina Bank says
N.C. may close agriculture research facilities
Shareholders nix Countrywide deal
4-23-2008
Cleaning up a messy conflict - Editorial (p.4)
SCC debates temporary vs. permanent classroom buildings (p.5)
Report says Medicaid cuts may cost 11,700 N.C. jobs
PTI should buy land to expand, consultant says
Outerwear drives increase in net income at VF
Old Dominion Freight posts 24% drop in net income
4-22-2008
BofA to Get Out of Risky, Non-Traditional Mortgages
Surry County approves tourism tax (p.1)
Recycling scrap metal lucrative for many (p.1)
College debates temporary vs. permanent (p.2)
Masters’ lend their expertise to gardening questions (p.3)
An open view of government - Editorial (p.4)
Hanesbrands’ income triples
4-21-2008
House in limbo receives lowered tax value (p.2)
Learning the ways of government (p.2)
Breaking apart your bills one fee at a time (p.4)
Taking the time to listen - Editorial (p.4)
Bank of America's Profit Drops 77 Percent in First Quarter
Builders turn to defense
4-20-2008
Plans for railroad switching yard are moving down the line
Experienced: Company hires tobacco veterans
4-19-2008
N.C. jobless rate up for a third month
Wachovia reports raising $8 billion in stock offering
Bank CEO gets bonus
4-18-2008
Bank Outsourcing Move Could Cost Durham Jobs
Institutes awarded $42.5M
GTCC sees a role for itself in nanotech
Honda Aircraft expanding marketing, sales to Europe
Krispy Kreme losses grow
Lenovo says it's here to stay, expand
BB&T reports higher net income
4-17-2008
Economic index again finds growth in Western N.C.
Fresh Market considers new investors
Home sales in Winston-Salem area are down 21.8 percent
Greensboro job cuts will mean reduced services
4-16-2008
Mt. Airy: Insteel announces increase in net income in 2nd quarter
Yadkin Valley Financial CEO gets 24% decline in pay
WFU to cut 8 jobs in management school
RF Micro to move some testing from Greensboro
Sampson County Lands $200M Power Plant That Will Burn Poultry Litter
City cutting, but tax hike may be seen (p.1)
Early voting ready to begin Thursday (p.1)
Save our savings - Editorial (p.4)
School board ready to seek increase from county (p.6)
Fire station move will be needed (p.10)
Parks budget seeks new positions (p.10)
Calling in the Pros: Warthogs to hire professional management company
RJR sets more aside
4-15-2008
Sheriff wants increases for prisoners, equipment (p.1)
SCC asking for a million more from county (p.1)
Early college brings need for modular classrooms (p.1)
No new taxes? What should we cut? (p.4)
No artificial barriers to tourism - Editorial (p.4)
Grants available for artistic endeavors (p.10)
Wachovia will cut dividend, 500 jobs $393 million quarterly loss drives actions, CEO says

Greensboro: 1st quarter home sales fall 22.5%

Williams-Sonoma picks Hickory for expansion - 820 New Jobs
4-14-2008
Supervisor cites tension as cause for quitting (p.1)
Fire destroys businesses (p.1)
Wine 101 (p.1)
‘Cascade Highlands’ to unite regional tourism (p.3)
State council should help more - Editorial (p.4)
Grant may help homeowners
Wachovia Reports 1Q Loss, Cuts Dividend, Reportedly Raising Capital
4-13-2008
Influx of people here slows
What It Takes To Play Ball: A spike marks home plate as stadium comes into being
4-12-2008
Court upholds grants to Dell
Wachovia revising policies for home loans
Triad Guaranty negotiating with group to start company
M&F Bancorp reports 48% decline in net income
Aetna to add 300 jobs at High Point operations
4-11-2008
Road work to give street a straight shot (p.1)
Animal control supervisor leaves (p.1)
Cuts need to start at the bottom - Editorial (p.4)
Mental healthcare managing agency gets top marks (p.8)
Auto insurers ask for control
Skybus' downfall clears skies for rival
4-10-2008
NC drought map shows fewer exceptionally dry counties
Yadkin Valley Financial completes Cardinal purchase
County fields budget hike requests (p.1)
Dobson TDA introduces its plans, goals to community (p.12)
Board plots how to keep Surry clean (p.12)
State sues farmer over slaughter of animals
Primo goes national, green
Wake cancer doctor named to FDA job
4-9-2008
PPD to Establish Clinical Research Operation at N.C. Research Campus
Winston-Salem: Auditors single out $100,000 at WSSU
Thomasville: Old Dominion Freight's chairman got about $3M
Greensboro: $200 million in road bonds might be on November ballot
4-8-2008
One lane of I-77 in Yadkin County closed until mid-May
The road to a new career (p.1)
United Plastics reinvents its products (p.3)
Company named in top 25 in Triad (p.3)
Unemployment rates rise again (p.3)
New planning director hired (p.10)
County looking to add tourism tax (p.10)
Schools get fi rst look at budget (p.10)
Upbeat outlook at furniture market
Triad recoups Skybus incentives
Sierra Club sues Duke Energy over planned coal generator
4-7-2008
House’s tax value questioned (p.1)
Forecast for ‘blizzard’ at interchange (p.4)
What stays, what goes?  - Editorial (p.4)
Raleigh water source now full after weekend rainfall
4-6-2008
Retail Notes: Jumbo thrift store due soon
4-5-2008
Target wants to grow, if city will allow it
Skybus' wings are clipped
4-4-2008
Mt. Airy: ‘No growth’ budget still needs tax hike (p.1)
Mt. Airy: Theater backers wanted free ride, city says (p.1)
Triad economic activity rises slightly
Novant earnings up slightly
Triad Guaranty stock takes another hit
4-3-2008
Duke Energy Customers to See Higher Bills Amid Record Coal Prices
Triad Guaranty shares plunge
Guilford Tech’s mission hasn’t changed
Unemployment rises in the Triad
Optimism lacking for spring furniture market
4-2-2008
Gauging the business of cemeteries (p.1)
Pilot Mountain: Coalition formed to push town forward (p.1)
Airport traffic looks respectable heading into market
Novant gets part of for-profit business
4-1-2008
Sales tax bumping up (p.1)
Public-private partnership - Editorial (p.4)
Local agencies will get FEMA money (p.7)
Pilot Mountain: Makeover targeted for town hall (p.7)
Hanesbrands sells a plant and a distribution center
2 co-founders retire from RF Micro
Dell cuts miss Forsyth
Skybus hoping its moves fly right
WNC truckers may join diesel price protest

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4-29-2008
ICE arrests 28 workers at nursery, landscaping business
Lust, Not Compassion, Drives Ungodly Priests to Illegal Aliens
Mexican Senate approves bill to end criminal penalties for undocumented migrants
4-28-2008
Supreme Court upholds photo ID law for voters in Indiana
Veterans Launch National Education Effort on Illegal Immigration
TN: Vigil planned to highlight plight of immigrants
NC: Child Poverty
SC: Rep. Ballentine on State Educational Aid for Illegal Immigrants
This Ain't Immigration and These Ain't Immigrants
Illegal Aliens Cost Americans More Than Taxes
NJ: Christie: Illegal immigrants aren't criminals
UT: Immigration cops comb jails
NY: Immigrants' Families Ask Schumer To Oppose Deportation Of Parents
N.Va. Hit With Cost Of School Migration
Immigration gets put on backburner
4-27-2008
Officials: Truck Carrying Illegal Immigrants Crashes, Killing 4 in Arizona
Solving businesses' immigration issues
Immigration march, rally might be more sparse
TN: Metro traffic stops lead to most deportations
TX: Illegal immigrant's plea offer for killing officer rejected
NV: Court appearance unveils previous DUI
U.S. slowdown likely to drive Mexican workers north
Interest in immigration rallies wanes as groups focus on other methods of activism: But many leaders remain committed to marching
4-26-2008
NJ: Woman sentenced for selling driver's licenses to illegal aliens
Fifteen killed in Mexico drug battle near U.S.
IL: Cops to get rifles to compete with gangs
AZ: BP agents have busy 3 days finding entrants, narcotics
Mexican National Sentenced for Role in Carolinas Sex-Trafficking Ring
Immigration services company pleads guilty in visa fraud conspiracy
Let them eat paint part of Border Patrol's plan
The British Begin Restricting Immigration
Last-ditch bid to halt new crackdown on illegals
TN: Taxpayers shouldn’t pay for illegal immigrants
Weary of waiting for Washington, US farm union recruits laborers in Mexico
4-25-2008
N.C. counties to further enforce immigration policies
NC: Sheriff: Forsyth must wait
NC governor's candidates want tough immigration rules
AZ: 24 Illegal immigrants hurt in Ariz. rollover
TX: Immigration advocates rally at UMC convention
AZ: Maricopa County sheriff's crackdown on illegals stirs furor
AL: Panel blocks 'English only' bills
Unemployment plummets after crackdown on illegals
Clergy to meet with R.I. governor over immigration crackdown
Illegal immigration issues roil Iowa town
4-24-2008
NC: Governor candidates answer questions on illegal immigration
VA: Conservative group backs county plan
Methodists urge for humane immigration policies
IN: Judge refuses to stop license revocations
PA: Man Tased and Arrested in Centre County
N.J. kept busy on immigration, report shows
League oppose deportations of illegal immigrants
How Mississippi passed the country's biggest crackdown on immigrant workers
CT: Letter: Illegal immigrants shouldn't be hired
France says no mass amnesty for illegal migrants
NY State Introduces Bill To Ban Sanctuary Cities & Require Enforcement Of Immigration
TX: Labor leaders meet to discuss Mexican immigrant workers' rights
MA: Bartenders serve up drinks, customs checks
R.I. lawmakers to vote on bill targeting illegal immigrants
AZ: Latino leaders: Veto immigration-policing bill
GA: Sheriff: Word is out there about new immigration program
How 5,000 Illiterate Peasants Destroyed the First Amendment
We simply cannot love our neighbors until they are our neighbors again
MD: Latino policy summit focuses on educational disparities
CO: Lawmaker Who Chastised Bruce Gets Threats
4-23-2008
NC: James' Controversial Comments Stir Up Latino Community
NC: County meeting with health board turns to illegal immigration
A Rising Storm
IA: Iowa House of Reps hammers illegal immigrants
Britain, Spain To Combat Illegal Immigration
Congressional Hispanics knock Democratic leaders
AZ: Group urges governor to veto immigration bill
MO: Hispanics decry illegal alien bills
AZ: 2 arrested, 13 immigrants found after traffic stop on I-40
NY: Illegal Aliens Worry Local Farm Community
TX: Dallas Mayor Leppert says illegal immigration should be left to federal authorities
MD: Official Wants Count Of Illegal Immigrant Students
NY: Police May Have Solved Staten Island's "Ninja" Burglaries
CA: Riot at Lancaster immigration center
Younger and younger immigrants cost Italy millions
CA: LA County workforce becomes point of contention
Immigration debate riles Latinos
Ghanaian pleads guilty to conspiracy and alien smuggling charges
Local protesters fight border wall
Virtual fence on Mexican border deemed insufficient
Immigrant haters rough up the pope
4-22-2008
Oklahoma Unemployment Is Way Down. Will Media Look into Why?
WA: Border Patrol "spot checks" on ferries provoke outrage in San Juan Islands
Calderón lauds immigrants' contribution to U.S. economy
ME: N.B. human smuggling case thrown out
Guest worker proposal sparks fiery debate in Colorado House
AZ: Phoenix Mayor Gordon waffling on illegal immigration - where is the leadership?
Still plenty fishy in Voorhis prosecution
How the Government Spends Taxpayers' Money
Pope's immigration stance labeled inappropriate
AK: Group questions AG's impartiality to consider illegal immigration ballot proposal
TX: 'Catch the Illegal Immigrant' roils Tech campus
Conservative Texas legislators take new aim at illegal immigration
TX: Illegal immigrant found stranded under border bridge
4-21-2008
18 illegal immigrants arrested in raid to be deported
MA: Statewide effort underway to ‘welcome immigrants’
FL: Cuban migrants land in Upper Captiva
AZ: Registration declines may be tied to immigration law
Canada: Is immigration helping us?
VA: A New View of Vacant Houses
The Gargantuan Cost Of Illegal Criminal Aliens
Mexico draws dire picture for migrants
CA: 50 percent of LA workforce are immigrants
SC: Sheriffs Back Three Jails for Illegal Immigrants
4-20-2008
NC: Illegal immigration looms as a key issue in this year's governor's race
States can tackle issue of illegals
As Pope spoke for illegals, U.S. arrested them
Legal immigrants: The forgotten people?
VA: Immigration Fight Has a New Target
TN: State, local officials push for immigration judge
TN: Local homebuilders received updates on local & statewide legislation during the ORBA meeting
SC: Deportation prisons proposed
It's illegal immigration, stupid!
Three arrested in robbery attempt
4-19-2008
Hard numbers: Illegal alien drunk drivers in North Carolina
An Illegal Immigrant's Legal Paradox
Disintegration Britain: Report blames mass immigration
Tancredo Calls for Pardon for Border Agents amid Guilty Plea from Star Witness
CA: LA police union backs changes to policy on asking gang members about legal status
TX: Illegal immigrant sought in fatal carjacking
4-18-2008
Smaller tax refund check leads to ID theft charge
NC: Easley: Worker neglect 'horrible' - He vows to combat mistreatment of immigrant poultry workers
SC: Police Not Required To Check Immigration Status
Attorneys Claim ICE Raids Violated Civil Rights
PA: Suspected Illegal Immigrants Found During Washington Co. Car Stop
AG's refusal to take illegal immigrants' case threatens federal funding
Open Borders Cry Babies to Protest Proposed 287(g) in New York
Immigration breaks backs of taxpaying U.S. citizens
NC: Suspect missed court date
AZ: Illegal worker arrested for identity theft
OH: Man Arrested In Butler County For Fake ID's
Mexicans Get Less Aid From Migrants
4-17-2008
Hispanic community rocked by plant raid
Democrat leadership wants to give illegal immigrants tax breaks
Guatemalan Immigrants Face Tough Questions About Children
ME: Maine Senate OKs tougher license bill
NY: Owner of Mexican restaurant in Cheektowaga arrested as illegal alien
Mo. lawmakers debate limits for illegal immigrants
Workers suing Pilgrim’s
RI: Man charged with ID fraud
Anti-Immigration Sentiment Growing In Canada
ICE and Deptarment of Justice Joint Operation Targets Identity Theft at Poultry Process Plants in Five States
If Minutemen Are Vigilantes, What Do You Call Millions of Invading Illegal Aliens?
Immigration activist: Bush has gotten message on border enforcement
4-16-2008
Nearly 300 arrested in immigration raids at poultry plants
Key House committee to hold series of immigration hearings
VA: Massage Salon Shut-down, Illegal Aliens Arrested
TX: Cops: Texas campus locked down after illegal-immigrant chase
AR: Federal Immigration Agents Raid Poultry Plant
NC: Man charged in hit-and-run that kills boy, 7
PA: 19 illegal aliens nabbed during traffic stops
Tancredo Assails Mexico for Allowing Gang Recruitment on U.S. Border
RI: Exclusive: Accused illegal immigrant arrested in state office
Activists to cross U.S.-Mexican borders
GA: D.A. King: Perdue should sign bills affecting illegal immigration
TX: Immigration Agents Raid Shipley Do-Nuts Plant
Illegals Called An 'Army of Evil' By Berlusconi
4-15-2008
NC: 7-Year-Old Dies in Hit-and-Run Case
NC: Aunt: Hit-and-Run Suspect 'Less Than Human'
NC: County approves resolution on immigration
NC: Forsyth County wants help with immigration costs
NC: Immigration Status Still Unknown on Hit-and-Run Suspect
WI: Stop in Kenosha County finds alleged illegal immigrants
Fla. lawmaker wants to copy AZ's inmate deportation policy
VA: Immigration officials pick up 60 detainees at Pr. William jail
4-14-2008
Report: 280,000 Filipinos are here illegally
FL: Non-citizens voting in elections
CA: Coverage of Transplants for Undocumented Immigrants Stirs Debate
CA: Legislators revisit immigration bill for students
Deportation trick lets illegals skip trial
Hablan español at City Hall
Illegals Kill Freely, While Good Kids Die
Department of Homeland Security: A Complete Fraud
Illegal aliens, socialists are ruining U.S. economy
Two-faced on illegals
Lamar Smith: Why not use the immigration tools Congress already passed?
4-13-2008
SC: County says immigration-business audits going smoothly
Mexico cracks down on illegal Central American immigrants
Immigration debate hits home for liver transplant patients
Hazleton Heads To Court Against ACLU, US Chamber, Illegal Aliens, US Bishops
4-12-2008
Tancredo Calls on ICE to Reinstate Agent Voorhis
Construction brothers guilty of tax evasion
To illegal immigrants, taxes are a gamble
Immigration issue boosts fundraising
NJ: Man, 19, arrested in Lakewood car burglary
4-11-2008
NC: Illegal immigrants, illegal education?
Another Immigration Battle Brewing in Congress
Specter Presses Criminal Alien Deportation Bill
CA: Our Borders Matter
Immigration Enforcement: Is it Rocket Science?
DWI stats offered to buttress bill
4-10-2008
Myrick Urges Passage Of Scott Gardner Act Based On DWI Stats
Impact of Illegal Immigration: Americans Taken To The Cleaners
Operator of English language schools charged in massive student visa fraud scheme
R.I.: Illegal Immigration Debate Heated
TX: Company ordered to stop selling licenses to immigrants
At tax time, many illegal immigrants are paying too
Enforcement or Recession?
Immigration: Court cases stall issue for now
Va. Congressman Urges Chertoff To Fix Delays Picking Up Immigrants
McCain’s opposition to licenses for illegal immigrants could deliver California
RI: Providence police union endorses immigration order
Number of illegal immigrants in U.S. may be closer to 20 million
Assault Over Immigration Poster Refuted
IL: Visa Violators Swept Up In Widening Dragnet
Feds want to extend immigration checks to all jails
L.A. mayor chides ICE for workplace immigration raids
Clinton Camp Snubs Mayor With Anti-Illegal Immigrant Views, Calls Nixed Meeting a ‘Mistake’
CT: Illegal immigrant held after traffic stop
4-9-2008
ICE agent found not guilty in political data base case
Tennessee AG: Illegal immigrant pay ban unconstitutional
Sowell’s solution to illegal immigration
Jailed illegal immigrants released after promising to leave United States
PA: Candidates discuss illegal immigration
ICE arrests four Evans residents in green card case
Absolut Bias: Leftists Fail to Keep Ad Controversy Out Of Wikipedia
Report says immigration costly
Pa. Senate votes to toughen ID requirements for public benefits
MA: Police say Abington man with gang ties will be deported
PA: Vento To City: Reform Or I'll Sue
Council Designates Berkeley as A Sanctuary for Multiple Causes
Prove it
Oppose Funding for, and Seek Repeal of, the Real ID Act!
NH: Arrested in Marlborough, 2 Mexicans face deportation
CA: Ask and deport, family urges
Violence against border agents up 47 percent in past 6 months
4-8-2008
ICE nabs illegal workers at an affluent hotel resort in northern Virginia
Anti-Illegal Immigration Group Calls for 'Absolut' Vodka Boycott
'Jamiel's Law' Targets Illegal Immigrant Gang Members In Wake of Los Angeles H.S. Football Star's Death
CA: L. A. residents slam Special Order 40
MS: Pro-amnesty network angry with Mississippi senator
AR: State Police Sign Immigration Training Agreement
WV: State Police Arrest Undocumented Workers in Charleston
The Cost of the Shuler Immigration Bill
Pandering to aliens won’t work for us
RI: Chief wants right to ask immigration status
PA: 3 men ordered by judge to learn English deported
AZ: Entrant prosecutions a petty waste of time
East Texas Teenager Attacked by Latino Students Over History Project
4-7-2008
Report: Immigrant growth in Rockies outpaces nation
FL: Two-week ICE DRO operation targeting fugitives yields more 330 arrests in Miami, Broward and Palm Beach counties
NC: Four guilty in ring that supplied fake documents
The Cause Of Educational Crisis In America
Bank on the SAVE Act for Immigration Reform
AZ: Van packed with 32 suspected illegal immigrants rolls, killing 1
NY: Man escapes Sheriff's custody
Those Who Hire Illegal Aliens Are Today’s Slave Masters
Deportee Back Home After Near-Death Trip to U.S.
CA: Number of day laborers in S.J. surges as housing work dries up
4-6-2008
Life after an illegal immigrant is sent home
We don't need no stinking Mexican flag
NV: Vegas Exodus How a slump in housing construction has cost immigrant workers their jobs and sent them home
AL: ELOIS ZEANAH: Immigration laws must be enforced
GA: Laura Armstrong: School board must take control
Trans-Texas Corridor foes march on Capitol
AR: Halt sought in local efforts to enforce immigration laws