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Overcast and 45 degrees F at North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County Airport, NC

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Winds are West at 3 MPH. The pressure is 30.23″ and the humidity is 71%.
Last Updated on Feb 29, 10:41 pm EST.

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Tyson plans $10M expansion at hometown plant as other closes

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“I’m pretty sure we are going to do that, we just haven’t approved the capital for it; so I don’t want to say matter-of-factly we are going to do it, but I’d say it is a high likelihood that we will be adding 370 jobs”

Tyson Foods Inc. plans a $10 million expansion of a plant in its hometown that will add 370 jobs by next summer, as the poultry giant announced it will close one of three plants it owns in North Carolina. via Log Cabin Democrat

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Overcast and 45 degrees F at North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County Airport, NC

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Overcast

Winds are Southwest at 6 MPH. The pressure is 30.24″ and the humidity is 71%.

The wind chill is 42.
Last Updated on Feb 29, 10:02 pm EST.

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