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.
The Halifax County Economic Development Commission is in the early stages of gauging farmer interest in the production of industrial hemp.
With the closing of the Enfield Safelite windshield manufacturing plant made official through a corporate news release as well as confirmed through a memo from the Halifax County Economic Development Commission, the county is working to help employees who will be displaced by its closing as well as begin an effort to find a new company to occupy the building.
Roanoke Rapids City Council this evening pledged support to the Halifax County Economic Development Commission to entice CSX to locate its intermodal connector terminal within the county.
Halifax County will pursue the CSX Carolina Connector Intermodal Terminal project.
