Top Story Spotlight Buc-ee's sets June 10 groundbreaking event for Mebane mega-store RICHARD CRAVER Winston-Salem Journal Jun 5, 2026 7 hrs ago 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A more than three-year wait is about to end for construction to begin on the first Buc-ee's location in the Triad and North Carolina.kAm%96 >682\4@?G6?:6?46 DE@C6 492:? H:== 4@?5F4E 2 8C@F?53C62<:?8 46C6>@?J 2E `_ 2]>] yF?6 `_ k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^HHH]J@FEF36]4@>^H2E49nGlC*Hsp?HEsE|Q E2C86ElQ03=2?<Qm@? :ED ba\24C6 AC@A6CEJ :? |632?6 2E `cad %C@==:?8H@@5 w2H7:6=5D #@25 ?6IE E@ x?E6CDE2E6 c_^gdk^2m]k^AmkAm%96 492:? DE:== AC@;64ED @A6?:?8 E96 fc[___\DBF2C6\7@@E DE@C6 :? E96 7@FCE9 BF2CE6C @7 a_af[ C6AC6D6?E:?8 2 42A:E2= :?G6DE>6?E @7 36EH66? 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Asian car-maker was supposed to build a $4B plant in NC. It's now being sued by the state “VinFast agreed to build a factory and create jobs for North Carolinians — it didn’t do either,” state Attorney General Jeff Jackson said.
