Toyota, Kempower, and Epsilon Advanced Materials – all companies in clean energy industries – top the year’s $12.9 billion project list
Published: Sunday, March 3rd, 2024 @ 12:09 pm
By: Governor's Office
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DMA Industries will invest $1.27 million in Tabor City
Published: Sunday, February 25th, 2024 @ 10:39 am
By: Governor's Office
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The State Board of Elections on Tuesday unanimously approved names of candidates to go on ballots for the 2024 presidential preference primary in North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, February 8th, 2024 @ 12:21 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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ROCKY MOUNT, N.C., (October 5, 2023) – Today, the Golden LEAF Board of Directors awarded $1,949,100 to support five projects through the Open Grants Program.
Published: Wednesday, November 29th, 2023 @ 1:29 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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RALEIGH: Provalus, an IT services company, will create 92 jobs in Columbus County, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The company will invest $500,000 to establish operations in the City of Whiteville.
Published: Tuesday, November 7th, 2023 @ 4:09 am
By: Governor's Office
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RALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper has appointed Heath Nance to serve as District Court Judge in Judicial District 13, serving Bladen, Brunswick and Columbus counties. He will fill the vacancy created by the Superior Court appointment of the Honorable C. Ashley Gore.
Published: Wednesday, November 1st, 2023 @ 9:18 am
By: Governor's Office
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USDA funding will benefit 2,674 people, 84 businesses, 117 farms and four educational facilities
Published: Wednesday, October 4th, 2023 @ 5:15 pm
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolina has invested $2.8 billion in water and wastewater infrastructure across the state
Published: Monday, September 18th, 2023 @ 9:18 am
By: Governor's Office
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A group that provides education and training standards for N.C. sheriffs is challenging the recertification of a fired state trooper. The group is asking the N.C. Supreme Court to take its case.
Published: Thursday, August 17th, 2023 @ 7:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper has appointed the Honorable C. Ashley Gore to serve as Superior Court Judge in Judicial District 13A, serving Bladen and Columbus counties. She will fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Douglas Sasser.
Published: Saturday, August 12th, 2023 @ 7:26 pm
By: Governor's Office
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A unanimous N.C. Court of Appeals panel has ruled in favor of a former state Highway Patrol trooper seeking to have his law enforcement certification restored.
Published: Thursday, June 15th, 2023 @ 7:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court has rejected two convicted murderers' claims that racial bias in jury selection tainted their trials.
Published: Thursday, May 4th, 2023 @ 9:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Golden LEAF Scholarship alumna Jessica Blackwell grew up in a rural community in Columbus County as a farmer’s daughter.
Published: Sunday, April 2nd, 2023 @ 11:29 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The N.C. Supreme Court is weighing the case of a black Forsyth County man on death row who alleges that a training document nicknamed a “cheat sheet” was used to keep potential black jurors off the jury that heard his case.
Published: Saturday, February 25th, 2023 @ 1:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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At the February 2023 meeting, the Golden LEAF Board of Directors awarded $10,248,815 in funding to support projects through the Community-Based Grants Initiative in the Southeast Prosperity Zone
Published: Saturday, February 11th, 2023 @ 11:12 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Today, the Golden LEAF Board of Directors awarded $10,248,815 in funding to support projects through the Community-Based Grants Initiative in the Southeast Prosperity Zone and $1,549,997 in funding
Published: Monday, February 6th, 2023 @ 11:20 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The N.C. State Board of Elections (NCSBE) had an emergency meeting at 2:30 p.m. on Election Day to extend voting for three precincts that had experienced delays.
Published: Friday, December 9th, 2022 @ 7:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As Election Day dawned across the state, voters bundled up a bit and trickled in as poll workers braced for a long day ahead.
Published: Thursday, December 8th, 2022 @ 7:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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There have been loud calls for the removal of Columbus County Sheriff Jody Greene since Sept. 28, when WECT reported on audio recordings of Greene making derogatory comments about black employees.
Published: Monday, October 17th, 2022 @ 12:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Sunday is the least popular day to vote in most counties that offer one-stop voting on those days
Published: Monday, October 3rd, 2022 @ 6:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State’s largest round of GREAT grant awards will connect nearly 85,000 households and more than 2,400 businesses to broadband
Published: Saturday, September 3rd, 2022 @ 9:31 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper recognized North Carolina’s African American leaders and organizations in the science, technology, engineering and math fields for their critical work.
Published: Wednesday, February 9th, 2022 @ 6:43 am
By: Governor's Office
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Atrium Health $165 Million Bond Refinancing Also Receives Favorable Commission Vote
Published: Sunday, January 16th, 2022 @ 8:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Columbus County Seeks Approval of Nearly $28 Million Financing Package to Build Schools
Published: Friday, January 14th, 2022 @ 11:40 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced that the State is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the murders in Columbus County
Published: Friday, December 17th, 2021 @ 11:48 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Mr. Albert Ray Powers, age 68, a resident of Worthington Lane, Chocowinity, died Thursday, September 16, 2021 at Carolina East Medical Center in New Bern.
Published: Monday, September 27th, 2021 @ 12:03 pm
By: Announcements
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Precision Swiss Products, Inc. a manufacturer of high precision component parts, will create 125 new jobs in Brunswick County
Published: Monday, July 12th, 2021 @ 3:39 am
By: Governor's Office
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Today, the Golden LEAF Board of Directors awarded $2.4 million in funding to support projects through the Open Grants Program, Community-Based Grant Initiative, and Disaster Recovery Grant Program.
Published: Friday, June 11th, 2021 @ 7:47 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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N.C. Rural Infrastructure Authority approves more than $3.7 million in funding
Published: Saturday, April 17th, 2021 @ 9:55 am
By: Governor's Office
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Pipeline Plastics to invest $4.6 million for new production center
Published: Saturday, April 10th, 2021 @ 7:33 pm
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority approves more than $4 million in funding to support economic development
Published: Friday, August 21st, 2020 @ 2:32 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper announced today $194 million in loans and grants to help pay for 54 drinking water and wastewater projects.
Published: Thursday, July 23rd, 2020 @ 11:22 am
By: Governor's Office
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The following is a statement from Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the N.C. State Board of Elections, on Tuesday’s primary elections in North Carolina
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2020 @ 5:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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After the June 23 elections in the 11th Congressional District and Columbus County, the State Board will randomly select precincts, early voting sites and by-mail ballots to be counted by hand in each county with elections.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2020 @ 9:47 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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