Source: Lauren K. Ohnesorge, TRIANGLE BUISNES JOURNAL, 9/10/15

The New Jersey-based parent company behind JR Cigar – the tobacco warehouse whose signs overlook I-40 – has notified North Carolina officials that it will be cutting 135 positions in the state as part of a refocusing effort. According to the filing, 54 of those cuts are in Burlington, the remaining 81 are at the store in Selma.

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