RALEIGH: Lynddahl Telecom America Inc. (LTA), a duct solutions company for fiber optics installations, will create 54 new jobs in Gaston County, Governor Cooper announced today.
Published: Sunday, March 24th, 2024 @ 9:32 am
By: Governor's Office
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877,255 N.C. Households Rely on the Affordable Connectivity Program to Get Internet Service and Stay Connected
Published: Saturday, March 23rd, 2024 @ 6:31 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Gov. Cooper Leads Bipartisan Letter Urging Congress to Continue Program that Helps North Carolinians Afford High-Speed Internet
Published: Friday, January 26th, 2024 @ 8:27 am
By: Governor's Office
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RALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper joined President Joe Biden in Raleigh today to announce $82 million in new investments from the American Rescue Plan’s Capital Projects Fund that will connect at least 16,000 North Carolina homes and businesses to high-speed internet
Published: Friday, January 19th, 2024 @ 7:37 am
By: Governor's Office
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Cutting-edge high-speed internet is on its way to some of North Carolina’s rural counties, Republican Senator Thom Tillis announced last month.
Published: Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024 @ 9:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Annual Recognition Highlights Importance of Online Safety
Published: Thursday, November 16th, 2023 @ 12:49 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Cooper Urges Congress to Continue Program that Helps NC Families Afford High-Speed InternetRALEIGH: Congress must act to reauthorize the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) so that people can continue to afford to connect to high speed internet, Governor Roy Cooper urged North Carolina’s Congressional delegation.
Published: Monday, November 6th, 2023 @ 9:49 am
By: Governor's Office
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Rural Health, in partnership with East Carolina University and North Carolina State University, has been awarded a highly competitive Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society award
Published: Sunday, October 22nd, 2023 @ 10:53 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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ECU faculty guiding new inter-institutional research for equity initiatives
Published: Saturday, October 21st, 2023 @ 12:09 pm
By: ECU News Services
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RALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper today announced the state’s first Completing Access to Broadband (CAB) program awards totaling $22 million that will connect 6,012 households and 164 businesses in 14 counties to high-speed internet.
Published: Friday, October 13th, 2023 @ 6:07 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Former chair of the Federal Communications Commission Ajit Pai ripped into plans by his former agency to reintroduce “net neutrality” regulations, saying that they were unnecessary and an “utter waste of time.”
Published: Monday, October 9th, 2023 @ 1:37 pm
By: Daily Wire
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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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Since June 1, at least 18,000 people have lost health care coverage who likely would have been able to keep it under Medicaid Expansion
Published: Saturday, September 30th, 2023 @ 11:23 am
By: Governor's Office
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An estimated 9,000 people will lose health care each month until Medicaid Expansion starts
Published: Thursday, September 28th, 2023 @ 9:45 am
By: Governor's Office
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Recent closure of Martin General Hospital Has Significantly Impacted Delivery of Care in Martin County
Published: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 @ 10:08 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Series of roundtables will take place in rural areas where hospital closures have impacted delivery of health care
Published: Tuesday, September 26th, 2023 @ 11:38 pm
By: Governor's Office
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RALEIGH: CommScope [NASDAQ: COMM], a global telecommunications leader, plans to add 250 new jobs with a $60.3 million investment to expand its fiber-optic cable manufacturing operations in Catawba County, Governor Roy Cooper announced today.
Published: Friday, September 22nd, 2023 @ 4:11 pm
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolina is set to receive over $1.53 billion in federal funding to help with expanding high-speed internet across the state. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) made the announcement Monday.
Published: Monday, September 11th, 2023 @ 7:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Investment from Inflation Reduction Act will help Tribes electrify homes, expand availability of clean energy in Indian Country
Published: Friday, September 8th, 2023 @ 9:07 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Grants will bring broadband to 25,000 N.C. households in 33 counties
Published: Sunday, August 13th, 2023 @ 7:36 pm
By: Governor's Office
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RALEIGH: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded North Carolina more than $1.5 billion to fund high-speed internet infrastructure under the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program.
Published: Friday, July 28th, 2023 @ 4:17 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper unveiled what he called his “First in Opportunity” budget at a press conference Wednesday, proposing to spend $32.95 billion in the first year of the biennium and $34.23 billion in the second year.
Published: Monday, April 10th, 2023 @ 7:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson said that he doesn’t consider himself a politician but rather a public servant, as he delivered the Republican response to Gov. Roy Cooper’s final State of the State address on Monday night.
Published: Friday, March 24th, 2023 @ 3:21 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper gave his fourth and final State of the State address Monday night to what appeared to be, at times, a divided room between Democrats and Republicans.
Published: Thursday, March 23rd, 2023 @ 6:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: North Carolina will get $500,000 to help more low-income households afford monthly high-speed internet service, Governor Roy Cooper announced.
Published: Thursday, March 23rd, 2023 @ 12:47 am
By: Governor's Office
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Hello, I’m your Lt. Governor Mark Robinson and it’s my honor to address you tonight
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 11:07 am
By: Governor's Office
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RALEIGH: Tonight, Governor Roy Cooper will deliver his fourth State of the State address, emphasizing that North Carolina is at a pivotal moment with opportunities for historical investments rebuilding North Carolina’s infrastructure, communities and economy.
Published: Friday, March 10th, 2023 @ 1:51 pm
By: Governor's Office
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State Awards $1.4 Million to Expand Digital Equity & Literacy Initiatives at Correctional InstitutesThe N.C. Department of Information Technology’s (NCDIT) Division of Broadband and Digital Equity announced $1.4 million for correctional institutions including Hyde Correctional Institute and Tyrrell Prison Work Farm
Published: Friday, February 10th, 2023 @ 8:23 am
By: Attila Nemecz
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ECU, ECU Health research focuses on improving rural health
Published: Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 @ 10:39 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Company’s After School Access Project helps bridge the “Homework Gap"
Published: Monday, October 31st, 2022 @ 9:12 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Initial Phase to Fund Projects by State Agencies, Universities and Community Colleges
Published: Friday, September 30th, 2022 @ 1:37 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Cooper Announces $100 Million Federal Grant for I-85 Corridor in Cleveland, Gaston CountiesGrants from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed by President Biden to widen lanes on I-85, provide safe pedestrian access and increase highspeed internet and electric vehicle charging infrastructure
Published: Thursday, September 22nd, 2022 @ 11:56 am
By: Governor's Office
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THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Milwaukee! (Applause.) My name is Joe Biden. I am Jill Biden’s husband.
Published: Wednesday, September 14th, 2022 @ 4:06 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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THE PRESIDENT: My fellow Americans, please, if you have a seat, take it. I speak to you tonight from sacred ground in America: Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Published: Thursday, September 8th, 2022 @ 8:45 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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