Amazon opens 5 new NC facilities with 700 jobs; ‘last mile’ sites to nearly double same-day rural deliveries, firm says

TARBORO, N.C. (WNCN) — State officials and Amazon workers gathered in Tarboro on Wednesday, where one of five new “delivery stations” was launched in the Tar Heel state.

Included are new locations in Moore County in Southern Pines and Jacksonville near the North Carolina coast, the company said.

The new structures — part of the most challenging “last mile” in logistics — will help Amazon nearly double same-day rural package deliveries compared to the previous year, the company said in a news release…

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