Graham County News

Anson County's unemployment rate for the month of March decreased by 0.1 percent to 11.0 percent, according to statistics released Friday by the North Carolina Department of Commerce's Labor and Economic Analysis Division.

Unique pieces are hard to find - although they did find an 850-pound safe a client wants to use for... BOONE - After a year's hiatus, Appalachian State University business researchers have resumed the WNC Economic Index.

The N.C. Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of a defendant who argued that his constitutional rights were violated when Graham County authorities searched his car without a warrant.

Unemployment rates in Lenoir and Greene counties followed North Carolina's pattern and continued to drop in March compared to 2011 figures.

Alamance County 's unemployment rate fell more than a point in March to its lowest level since 2008, the state Department of Commerce reported Friday.