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Barbara Ella Windley, 88, of Oxford, North Carolina, passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 5, 2026.
Published: Monday, February 9th, 2026 @ 8:15 am
By: Announcements
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Plaintiffs challenging a recent ruling in a federal North Carolina redistricting lawsuit have asked the full 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals to consider the case.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2025 @ 8:23 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Carolyn Fowlkes Moore, age 78 a resident of Washington, died Friday, September 5, 2025, at Duke University Hospital.
Published: Monday, September 8th, 2025 @ 7:35 am
By: Announcements
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Today Governor Josh Stein announced appointments to boards and commissions.
Published: Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025 @ 12:32 pm
By: Governor's Office
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State lawmakers convened for a brief session this week in which they were scheduled to consider veto overrides on several bills, but the sessions ended without the overrides being taken up.
Published: Saturday, August 30th, 2025 @ 6:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Beverly Conyers Leggett, age 80, a resident of Washington, NC died Monday July 28, 2025 at RiverTrace Nursing & Rehabilitation.
Published: Wednesday, July 30th, 2025 @ 7:03 am
By: Announcements
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(RALEIGH) Today, Governor Josh Stein announced that the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources has awarded more than $2.6 million to trail development and restoration projects in eastern North Carolina.
Published: Friday, July 25th, 2025 @ 8:23 am
By: Governor's Office
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Shirley Ann McCarter Winstead, age 90 a resident of Washington, died Sunday May 4, 2025, at her home.
Published: Wednesday, May 7th, 2025 @ 6:46 am
By: Announcements
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Tom Barkin, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, recently visited Nash and Edgecombe counties to listen and learn about workforce and housing opportunities in Eastern North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, November 28th, 2023 @ 10:06 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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According to the latest report from the N.C. Department of Commerce, North Carolina has a 3.3% unemployment rate, the lowest in decades.
Published: Sunday, November 19th, 2023 @ 11:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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While we digest the ousting of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy it might be informative to know that North Carolina was the first in the modern era to oust a Speaker. We can learn from that history.
Published: Tuesday, October 31st, 2023 @ 9:38 am
By: Tom Campbell
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed disaster declarations for the City of Rocky Mount in Nash and Edgecombe Counties and the City of Newton in Catawba County.
Published: Thursday, October 12th, 2023 @ 11:37 pm
By: Governor's Office
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At the August 2023 meeting, the Golden LEAF Board of Directors awarded $2,778,721 to support 24 awards in the first round of projects funded through the Food Distribution Assistance Program.
Published: Friday, September 22nd, 2023 @ 3:24 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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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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Twenty non-profits located across North Carolina have been awarded $800,000 in capacity building grants by SECU Foundation.
Published: Sunday, August 27th, 2023 @ 3:51 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Onslow County Elementary School Construction, New Elon University Housing Also Approved
Published: Saturday, July 1st, 2023 @ 9:20 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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An anti-rioting bill quickly won approval in the North Carolina House on Feb. 8 after six Democrats threw their support behind the measure.
Published: Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023 @ 3:05 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper visited Edgecombe County to highlight water infrastructure grant funding.
Published: Monday, February 20th, 2023 @ 12:21 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Edgecombe County had the highest overall October unemployment rate at 7.5%
Published: Monday, December 26th, 2022 @ 1:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: Governor Cooper today commuted the sentences of six people in North Carolina prisons and granted pardons of forgiveness to four others.
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2022 @ 2:23 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Unemployment increased in 99 of North Carolina’s 100 counties last month according to the latest release from the state’s Department of Commerce.
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2022 @ 1:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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No provisional ballots were cast in the December 6 runoff election for the Nash County Public Schools Board of Education District 8.
Published: Friday, December 9th, 2022 @ 10:31 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Oct. 20, 2022 - The North Carolina Community Foundation has awarded $500,000 in grants across eastern North Carolina from the Louise Oriole Burevitch Endowment.
Published: Monday, October 24th, 2022 @ 11:53 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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North Carolina’s unemployment rate increased in August for the first time since Covid-19, as we reported two weeks ago.
Published: Monday, October 10th, 2022 @ 2:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Edgecombe Early College High School Scholar Teachers Program is Training High School Students to Become Edgecombe County Teachers Upon College Graduation
Published: Saturday, September 24th, 2022 @ 11:05 am
By: Governor's Office
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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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Unemployment rates (not seasonally adjusted) increased in all but two of North Carolina’s counties in June, according to the latest release from the North Carolina Department of Commerce.
Published: Sunday, August 14th, 2022 @ 3:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Legislators even create a special “Local Project Reserve”
Published: Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022 @ 4:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Unprecedented 385 projects for 225 NC Applicants
Published: Thursday, July 28th, 2022 @ 8:48 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Since September, the John Locke Foundation has been tracking the monthly jobs and unemployment data for North Carolina released by the Department of Commerce.
Published: Monday, June 27th, 2022 @ 5:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ready sites attract industry. In 2021, North Carolina had a record number of new jobs and investment.
Published: Saturday, June 11th, 2022 @ 9:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced appointments to North Carolina boards and commissions.
Published: Monday, May 23rd, 2022 @ 12:12 am
By: Governor's Office
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Mary Alice Warren Moore passed away on April 24, 2022, at the age of 87.
Published: Tuesday, April 26th, 2022 @ 9:24 am
By: Announcements
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