Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Sunny and continued HOT…High 85
FYI: we tied a Record High of 89 degrees yesterday at PTI…
Increased ‘Fire Danger’ this afternoon because of the unseasonably HOT, dry weather and low humidity. Outdoor burning is NOT recommended.
Doug Jones, Surry County fire marshal, saying that the N.C. Forest Service has been busy chasing down fires that have gotten out of control in recent weeks. The NC Forestry Service was called to contain wild fires 21 times since March 1. For more information about burning permits, call the Surry County Fire Marshal’s Office at 783-9040. For more information from the N.C. Forest Service, look up www.dfr.state.nc.us/.
Pollen count was literally off the charts yesterday in the Triad. The tree pollen rating in Winston-Salem was 154…the highest recorded level since 1997. That’s when the Forsyth County Environmental Affairs Department started collecting data.
www.co.forsyth.nc.us/Envaffairs/
(Click on Daily Pollen Report)
Pollen.com ranked Greensboro as one of the five worst cities for pollen on Tuesday. BTW: Tree pollen season should tapering off in May. Grass pollen season hits in middle summer (about May or June). Weed season begins in late summer (around August or September).
www.pollen.com
Representatives from Piedmont Triad Research Park and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company have announced a press conference for 12:45 p.m. this afternoon in Winston-Salem. No further details have been given. http://www.journalnow.com/content/2010/apr/06/major-announcement-piedmont-triad-research-park-re/
The deaths of 25 workers in a West Virginia coal mine have turned the spotlight on the safety record of the mine's owner, which has paid record fines for safety violations in the past. 4 miners are still unaccounted for. Crews are still trying to drill holes into the shafts to release toxic gases before rescue efforts can resume. The Upper Big Branch mine is about 30 miles south of Charleston, West Virginia.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/04/07/response-west-virginia-miners-rescuers-banging-pipes/
A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia early Wednesday, triggering two tsunamis and injuring several people.
In a move that has shocked university and local business leaders, UNC system President Erskine Bowles has decided the time is not right for a UNC-G School of Pharmacy. Instead, Bowles is recommending that the UNC Board of Governors give UNC-Chapel Hill the go-ahead to start a satellite pharmacy program in Asheville. http://www.news-record.com/content/2010/04/06/article/unc_system_president_recommends_against_uncg_pharmacy_school
Congratulations to Beatrice Hair with Salisbury Tutoring Academy in Salisbury. Beatrice was honored yesterday with the 2010 North Carolina Small Business Person of the Year Award http://news14.com/charlotte-news-104-content/top_stories/623894/salisbury-woman-earns-person-of-the-year-honors
Local CBL shopping malls (including Hanes Mall) are collecting your gently used shoes for a good cause. The malls are collecting shoes for Soles4Souls. The shoe drive will run through April 16. Collection bins are located at the customer-service centers.
For more information: www.giveshoes.org
Whole Foods will be giving customers a ‘tax-free’ shopping day on April 15th.
SPORTS: Women’s NCAA Final…UCONN rallies to beat Stanford…53 - 47
Major League Baseball: Yankees edge Red Sox last night…6 - 4
First home game for the Dash…less than a week away: The Dash vs the Potomac Nationals next Tuesday (April 13) at 7 p.m at the new BB&T Ballpark. Info: www.wsdash.com
