Standard time will remain in effect until Maat 2 a.m. Additionally, there were about 16,488 crashes involving animals. According to NCDOT statistics, 875 pedestrians and 187 bicyclists statewide were involved in vehicle crashes during dusk and nighttime hours last year. That is especially true tonight as trick-or-treaters take to the streets. With the days already getting shorter, drivers should be extra alert for pedestrians and cyclists along the roads. 6, means the sun will set an hour earlier in the day and leave less light for evening commuters. The switch back to standard time at 2 a.m. Department of Transportation is reminding motorists that daylight saving time ends this weekend and to be alert to the change. Safety precautions for time change and Halloween DMV will notify local communities when the offices will return to a full schedule. The Division anticipates the reduced schedule will extend for at least six weeks. The Newland office will reduce its days of operation from Wednesday through Friday, to opening on Fridays only, 9 a.m. Because of a temporary staffing reduction and other budget constraints, the Spruce Pine office will reduce its operations from two days weekly to opening on Mondays only, 9 a.m. Division of Motor Vehicles will temporarily reduce the days of operation of driver license offices located in Spruce Pine and Newland beginning today. These figures are based on publicly available data from the Social Security Administration and the Bureau for Economic Analysis. The national average was $2,199 per person, and in North Carolina it was $2,336. Total Social Security payments in Yancey County and Mitchell Counties amounted to $3,234 per person in 2009. A greater percentage of people in rural America receive these payments than in urban counties, and so rural counties have higher average payments per resident. In Mitchell County 4,335 received Social Security payments, or 27.7 percent of the total county population, according to 2009 figures. Social Security beneficiaries represent 28.1 percent of the total county population. In Yancey County, 5,210 people receive some form of Social Security payments. In North Carolina, 6.6 percent of all income comes from these payments. Nationally, 5.5 percent of total personal income in 2009 came from Social Security payments. Yancey County and Mitchell Counties are more dependent on Social Security payments than the rest of the country. In neighboring Mitchell County 12 percent of total personal income would be lost if residents did not receive Social Security payments, or a total of just over $50,564,000 in 2009. Rural Residents Depend on Social SecurityĪccording to a recent report published by the Social Security Administration, if Yancey County residents didn’t receive their monthly payments from the Social Security Administration, 12.8 percent of total personal income in the county would be lost, almost 60 million dollars in 2009. Preservation and programming costs for the Archives. Million total is to create endowment funds for a full-time archivist and grant, received by theĬollege in November of 2006, provided a $500,000 federal contribution,Ĭontingent on a 3-to-1 match to be raised by the college by July, 2012. The National Endowment for the Humanities. Goals for the grant is to help meet the requirements of a challenge grant from Ramsey Center for Regional Studies on the campus. Mars Hill College Receives $250,000 Grant toward ArchivesĬollege has received a prestigious $250,000 grant from the Arthur Vining Davisįoundations to endow funding for the Southern Appalachian Archives, housed at (Left Click Audio Button to Listen - Right Click Audio Button to Save File)
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