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Local law enforcement agencies joined Alcohol Law Enforcement officers and State Highway Patrol troopers in a crackdown to reduce crime and enhance public safety at both ABC-licensed and illegal alcohol businesses across the state, the N.C. Department of Public Safety said. The widespread investigation included Hendersonville, Fletcher, Arden and Asheville. Read Story »
Tags: drunk driving | alcohol laws | alcohol | State Highway Patrol | ABC stores
In addition to the state budget passing and being sent to the governor, last Thursday marked a celebration of sorts as chairman of the House Alcoholic Beverage Control Committee. Read Story »
Tags: liquor laws | Tim Moffitt | ABC stores | 2021 Legislative session | distilleries
The pandemic-fueled surge in alcohol sales resulted in increased grants to local government, city police and the Henderson County school system, the Hendersonville ABC Board said. Read Story »
Tags: alcohol laws | alcohol | ABC stores
Spiritous liquor is still in short supply in ABC stores across the state, and supply still isn’t keeping up with demand. Republican lawmakers say things are getting even worse. Read Story »
Tags: alcohol laws | alcohol | liquor laws | ABC stores
More convenient takeout options, sidewalk tables and even expanding dining space into parking lots became part of life in the pandemic economy. Read Story »
Tags: Tim Moffitt | ABC stores | coronavirus economy | coronavirus restaurants
RALEIGH — Several bills to help N.C. distillers and to loosen alcohol regulation in the state are moving through the General Assembly. Some have progressed to the floor, of both or one of the bodies, while others are mired in committee. Read Story »
Tags: alcohol laws | liquor laws | ABC stores | 2021 Legislative session
RALEIGH — A bill advancing decades of work to reform the state’s liquor regulations passed in the N.C. House and heads now to the Senate. Read Story »
Tags: alcohol laws | Tim Moffitt | ABC stores
RALEIGH — A House committee discussion over an omnibus alcohol bill amounted to yet another debate involving people wanting to free regulations on spirituous liquor and those wanting to tighten the state’s stranglehold. Read Story »
Tags: Tim Moffitt | ABC stores
N.C. Sen. Rick Gunn, R-Alamance, and the N.C. Association of ABC Boards want to allow bars and restaurants to sell alcohol back to N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Commission stores. Read Story »
Tags: ABC stores | coronavirus economy | coronavirus restaurants
Following a major victory last week with the passage of Senate Bill 290, state Rep. Chuck McGrady pushes on today in his efforts to modernize North Carolina’s Alcoholic Beverage Control system. The House ABC Committee, which he co-chairs, will hear his bill (House Bill 971). Read Story »
Tags: Chuck McGrady | ABC stores
RALEIGH — A measure that North Carolina craft distillers are counting on to help them thrive and, in some cases, simply survive is moving in the General Assembly. Read Story »
Tags: Chuck McGrady | alcohol laws | liquor laws | ABC stores