State transportation officials will hold meetings in two more downtown neighborhoods this week to tell residents about the results of surveys on the Business 40 upgrade project. Officials with the Department of Transportation will be on hand to show maps and answer questions.
Meetings will take place from 6 to 8pm this week for the following areas:
...Happy Hill and the N.C. School of the Arts tonight at the William C. Sims Senior Recreation Center.
...Goler, Crystal Towers, East Winston and Skyline Village on Thursday at the Rupert Bell Neighborhood Recreation Center, 1501 Mount Zion Place.
-Pollsters have been knocking on doors in 16 neighborhoods since late October asking residents for their opinions.
-The project will include repaving a 1.1 mile section of Business 40 that runs from just west of Fourth Street to east of Church Street after removing or replacing up to 11 bridges either on or over the highway.
-Engineers are considering completely closing the stretch for 2 years to rebuild it faster or keep it partially open during repairs for at least six years.
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US troop levels will be increased in Afghanistan while troop levels will come down in Iraq. The Pentagon will be sending about four thousand additional troops to Afghanistan. http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-02-25-voa60.cfm
Workers with Mission Aviation Fellowship are still involved in rescue operations in Kenya. Post-election violence in Kenya has claimed hundreds of lives since December. Mission Aviation Fellowship workers have evacuated people on all sides of the conflict. Christians in Kenya have been able to minister to all in need. http://www.onenewsnow.com/Missions/Default.aspx?id=68077
A new Religion study showing that more people are switching religious affiliation or breaking religious ties altogether. The survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life confirms that mainline Protestant churches are in decline while non-denominational churches are gaining numbers. The survey found that about 44% of adults have either changed affiliation or cut all religious ties. One in four Americans (ages 18 to 29) claim no affiliation with a religious institution in the US. The survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life is based on interviews with more than 35,000 American adults.
View the full report at http://religions.pewforum.org/reports
Drink up, Los Angeles you have been voted Best Municipal Water for 2008. According to the judges of the world's largest and longest-running water tasting contest…Los Angeles has the tastiest tap water. The 18th Annual Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting was held over the weekend. More than 120 waters competing for top honors from 19 states and 9 foreign countries, including New Zealand, Romania, Macedonia and the Philippines, were judged by 10 journalists and food critics. Judges based their rankings on taste, odor, aftertaste - and checked to make sure nothing was floating in the water.
NASCAR: Carl Edwards winning the Auto Club 500 in California
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Showers. Windy conditions…High near 60
Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 40
Wednesday: Sunny and breezy…High only 40
Northern Mountains have a good chance at +6 inches of snow…
Heavy Snow Warning later today for Watauga, Ashe and Avery Counties
