Eastern.

• Position: Regional Report - Brief Article

HOOKERTON -- Tile Restoration, which restores and sanitizes tile in places such as hospitals, will invest about $800,000 in an expansion that will add 100 jobs at an average salary of $22,800. The company employs 35.

HAMLET -- Webb Trucking, which hauls paper products for manufacturers here and in neighboring Rockingham and Cordova, moved to a new headquarters outside Rockingham.

FAYETTEVILLE -- Army officials have given a one-year contract ex-tension to Tactical Support Equip-ment, which makes video and sur-veillance gear. It has a potential value of up to $20 million. The company's largest Army customer is the Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg.

KINSTON -- County commissioners agreed to sell Lenoir Memorial Hospital to hospital administrators for $12 million--$2 million up-front and the rest over 20 years. Being privately owned will increase the 281-bed hospital's investment options, administrators say.

CLARKTON -- Southeastern...