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As western North Carolina continues to recover more than a year later from Hurricane Helene, Gov. Josh Stein’s office has released several announcements in recent days detailing funding for infrastructure repairs.
Published: Tuesday, December 16th, 2025 @ 10:38 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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After a series of social media posts highlighting controversial books distributed in the Chapel Hill‒Carrboro City Schools libraries, state House Majority Leader Brenden Jones and House Republicans called a hearing for the House Select Committee on Oversight and Reform
Published: Thursday, December 11th, 2025 @ 10:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As tariffs settle in, John Deere, one of the nation’s largest manufacturers of heavy farm equipment, continues to suffer financial losses due to tariff costs.
Published: Sunday, September 7th, 2025 @ 9:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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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In 2024, growth in 71 of North Carolina’s 100 counties contributed to a total of $36.7 billion in visitor spending statewide, up from the 2023 record of $35.6 billion.
Published: Sunday, August 31st, 2025 @ 12:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today Governor Josh Stein signed Executive Order 23, establishing the North Carolina Energy Policy Task Force to strengthen the state’s electricity infrastructure and energy affordability as demand increases.
Published: Thursday, August 28th, 2025 @ 7:26 am
By: Governor's Office
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New business creations, possible new jobs, and job deals falling through, added to a mixed week for job news for North Carolina this week.
Published: Saturday, July 12th, 2025 @ 10:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On the heels of the largest jobs commitment in North Carolina’s history, Governor Josh Stein, Department of Commerce Secretary Lee Lilley, and the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina traveled to Paris to advocate for North Carolina with business leaders at the 55th Paris Air Show.
Published: Sunday, June 22nd, 2025 @ 1:36 am
By: Governor's Office
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Dorothy W. Jump, 95, of Washington, NC passed away on Sunday, June 8, 2025, in the privacy of her home.
Published: Friday, June 13th, 2025 @ 7:00 am
By: Announcements
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Judge has ruled that her case can proceed on charges of civil conspiracy and fraud
Published: Monday, June 17th, 2024 @ 12:47 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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Recently, Golden LEAF President, Chief Executive Officer Scott T. Hamilton sat down with Don Flow, Immediate Past Chair of the Golden LEAF Foundation Board of Directors via Zoom and filmed an episode of Critical Conversations.
Published: Monday, March 25th, 2024 @ 1:14 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is investing $5.5 million into the FIT Wellness program, part of the North Carolina Formerly Incarcerated Transition Program in the UNC School of Medicine, to improve reentry services for the justice-involved population.
Published: Thursday, February 29th, 2024 @ 12:24 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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At the December Board meeting, the Golden LEAF Board of Directors awarded $650,000 to support two projects through the Open Grants Program and $3,080,000 to support five projects through the SITE Program.
Published: Wednesday, February 28th, 2024 @ 12:20 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Today, the Golden LEAF Board of Directors awarded $650,000 to support two projects through the Open Grants Program and $3,080,000 to support five projects through the SITE Program.
Published: Monday, February 26th, 2024 @ 10:04 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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This week, absent Governor Cooper's signature, the NC General Assembly's 2023-24/2024-25 biennium budget recommendations became law.
Published: Wednesday, February 14th, 2024 @ 11:48 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Ridership Hitting New Records on Piedmont and Carolinian Following Start of New Routes Nearly 66,000 people rode NC By Train in October
Published: Wednesday, January 31st, 2024 @ 9:34 pm
By: Governor's Office
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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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In the Pines, a John Locke Foundation-produced short film based on the 1898 insurrection that toppled Wilmington’s elected local government, recently won Best Film and two other awards at the Golden Hour Film Festival in Morganton.
Published: Tuesday, November 21st, 2023 @ 7:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Forty-two state employees from nine state agencies and four University of North Carolina System institutions will be honored with the Governor’s Awards for Excellence during a 2 p.m. ceremony at the North Carolina Museum of History on Tuesday, October 24.
Published: Monday, November 13th, 2023 @ 8:23 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced appointments to boards and commissions.
Published: Friday, November 10th, 2023 @ 4:44 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Last week, a 25-year-old detransitioned North Carolina woman filed a lawsuit against those she claims were responsible for convincing her to undergo gender-reassignment medical procedures when she was a minor.
Published: Wednesday, October 25th, 2023 @ 8:36 am
By: Carolina Journal
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One of the sticking points in the state budget negotiations is the $1.4 billion proposed in the Senate version for NCInnovation, a private, non-profit created by some NC business leaders in 2018, aimed at providing grants for applied research at select UNC-system universities.
Published: Friday, October 20th, 2023 @ 11:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Charlotte Airport, Spectrum Center, Other Requests Totaling Over $1 Billion in Financing Win Approval
Published: Thursday, October 12th, 2023 @ 10:19 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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State of Emergency remains in effect
Published: Tuesday, October 10th, 2023 @ 12:36 am
By: Governor's Office
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced appointments to boards and commissions.
Published: Monday, October 2nd, 2023 @ 12:08 am
By: Governor's Office
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Major Business and Education Leaders Joined Governor Cooper at Central Piedmont Community College to Celebrate North Carolina’s Top Spot Ranking and World-Class Workforce
Published: Saturday, September 23rd, 2023 @ 3:29 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Cooper Announces Honda Aircraft Company Will Create 280 Jobs in Major Greensboro InvestmentMaker of HondaJet will invest $55.7 million in Guilford County
Published: Saturday, September 9th, 2023 @ 1:21 am
By: Governor's Office
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Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC5) will announce her plans to seek reelection in 2024 at the North Carolina Republican Party Convention in Greensboro (June 8-11, 2023).
Published: Thursday, July 27th, 2023 @ 10:10 am
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper hosted a roundtable discussion about the extreme NC General Assembly legislation that would undermine and underfund public education.
Published: Sunday, July 23rd, 2023 @ 8:20 am
By: Governor's Office
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Public health officials with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services are advising North Carolinians take precautions to protect themselves, their children and their pets from heat-related illness as temperatures across the state rise and remain high throughout the summer
Published: Monday, July 17th, 2023 @ 11:42 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The Piedmont-Triad Prosperity Zone has a unique opportunity this fall to leverage an available $11 million to be awarded by the Golden LEAF Foundation for projects that will boost job creation and economic investment, workforce preparedness, and agriculture.
Published: Sunday, July 16th, 2023 @ 1:30 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Most North Carolinians probably know that the “Regulators” were a group of Piedmont farmers who opposed the heavy-handed enforcement of taxes and fees by the colonial government in the years preceding the War of Independence.
Published: Wednesday, July 12th, 2023 @ 7:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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ProKidney plans to invest up to $485 million and create as many as 330 jobs in Greensboro
Published: Saturday, July 8th, 2023 @ 2:56 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Lou Wright went to live with Jesus Sunday, June 18, 2023.
Published: Friday, June 23rd, 2023 @ 9:40 am
By: Announcements
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