Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms. High 83 this afternoon.
Support our troops – donate blood: The spring Military Blood Drive is going on today from 10 to 6pm at the National Guard Armory on Silas Creek Parkway (near Forsyth Tech) in Winston-Salem. Walk ins welcome. Call 408 – 7280 for more info.
Today is the start of the Atlantic Hurricane Season which runs through the end of November. The predictions from Colorado State University: There is an 85% chance of an ‘above normal’ hurricane season. There could be 14 to 23 tropical storms in the Atlantic. Of those storms 8 to 14 will be hurricanes. Of those hurricanes 3 to 7 of them will be major category 3 or higher.
State and local authorities will stage a terrorism drill today and Thursday near the intersection of Tobaccoville Road and Doral Drive in Tobaccoville. The drill is scheduled to take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. The N.C. National Guard and public-safety agencies in Forsyth and Guilford counties will conduct the drill.
City officials in Winston-Salem saying that the sink hole on First Street near Corpening Plaza (between Liberty and Cherry streets) will be closed for up to two weeks to repair damage under the street…that caused a sinkhole to form…last Wednesday. (journalnow.com)
A large sinkhole in the northern section of Guatemala City has consumed a three story building and a house. The hole is 20 yards wide and 30 yards deep. The sinkhole likely was the result of heavy rains over the weekend. At least 115 people have reportedly lost their lives after a tropical storm battered Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador over the weekend. (CNN + RnR)
Good news: According to the N.C. Employment Security Commission, the Triad’s unemployment rate dropped again in April to 10.5% There were 82,000 people looking for work in April, down from 89,000 in March. http://triad.bizjournals.com/triad/stories/2010/05/24/daily73.html
Orders for new residential furniture up 9% from a year ago, according to the latest survey of manufacturers. Before the current upswing, furniture sales had been declining for two years. It was also the fourth straight month of shipment increases. www.bizjournals.com/triad/stories/2010/05/24/daily74.html
New rules approved by state banking regulators could help fight home foreclosures. The rules taking effect today say that companies that service mortgages must stop foreclosure activity once a homeowner asks for a loan modification. Because of backlogs from so many homeowners seeking help, processing delays have led to some homeowners needlessly losing their homes.
The rules do not apply to banks or savings and loans and the North Carolina Banking Commission doesn't regulate federally chartered banks like Bank of America and Wells Fargo.
http://www.news-record.com/content/2010/06/01/article/new_state_rules_could_help_fight_foreclosures
THE U-N SECURITY COUNCIL HAS MET IN EMERGENCY SESSION ON HOW TO RESPOND TO YESTERDAY'S ACTIONS BY ISRAELI COMMANDOS. On Monday, a ship carrying humanitarian aid in international waters that tried to breach a blockade of Gaza was intercepted by Israeli commandos. At least nine pro-Palestinian activists were fatally wounded. Nearly all of the UN Security Council members called for an immediate lifting of the Israeli blockade. http://www.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Pressure-Grows-on-Israel-Following-Flotilla-Raid-95299629.html
SPORTS: Duke winning its first national title in Lacross…6 - 5 in OT over Notre Dame
