Recently, Golden LEAF President, Chief Executive Officer Scott T. Hamilton sat down with Patrick Woodie, President of the N.C. Rural Center, via Zoom and filmed the sixteenth edition in a video series called Critical Conversations.
Published: Friday, August 12th, 2022 @ 1:28 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Inflation in big cities is crushing residents right now, but it’s even worse in rural America, a new study found.
Published: Friday, August 5th, 2022 @ 5:28 pm
By: Daily Wire
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This summer, 20 Golden LEAF Scholars are participating in the first cohort of the Rural Internship Initiative. Scholars are working in the medical field, teaching, law and public safety, and communication sciences in 18 rural counties.
Published: Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022 @ 4:17 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Commerce Department fund provides resources for rural economic development
Published: Friday, June 17th, 2022 @ 6:46 pm
By: Governor's Office
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people don't want this expensive nuisance in their neighborhoods
Published: Tuesday, May 17th, 2022 @ 10:33 am
By: John Steed
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My name is Brooksie Lawson, and I am both a Golden LEAF Scholar and an intern with the External Affairs division for the Golden LEAF Foundation. My internship began in November 2021.
Published: Thursday, March 10th, 2022 @ 3:23 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Political observers frequently describe North Carolina’s political leanings in terms of a rural-urban divide.
Published: Tuesday, February 8th, 2022 @ 2:38 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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At the end of September 2014, a group of 43 male students from the Rural Teachers College in Ayotzinapa, Mexico, commandeered several buses in order to travel to Mexico City for a protest to mark the 46th anniversary of the Tlatelolco student massacre.
Published: Saturday, December 18th, 2021 @ 6:19 pm
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolina lawmakers included a new $100 million fund in the state budget to increase teacher pay supplements in low-wealth counties that are unable to match higher salaries in wealthier counties.
Published: Thursday, December 9th, 2021 @ 1:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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New program helps ECU, Vidant train physicians to better serve rural communities
Published: Monday, December 6th, 2021 @ 8:52 am
By: ECU News Services
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Rural Health is proud to recognize the selfless, community-minded spirit of health professionals and volunteers in North Carolina communities during National Rural Health Day 2021.
Published: Tuesday, November 16th, 2021 @ 11:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Curtis Wynn, president and CEO of Roanoke Electric Cooperative, has been selected to receive the 2021 Larry Wooten Rural Leadership Award, awarded by Governor Roy Cooper and Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler.
Published: Tuesday, November 16th, 2021 @ 11:49 am
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolina received more than $4.9 million federal funds for small rural hospitals in the state to provide COVID-19 testing and mitigation
Published: Monday, October 11th, 2021 @ 7:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Golden LEAF Foundation awards funds to provide scholarships for both high school and community college transfers entering a four-year college or university in North Carolina as well as for rural students attending community college in North Carolina.
Published: Friday, August 27th, 2021 @ 11:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Given the freedom to choose whether to mandate masks for students, school boards across the state have begun voting to make face coverings optional for the coming school year.
Published: Sunday, August 8th, 2021 @ 1:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Partnership enables students to pursue passion for education in home communities
Published: Monday, July 26th, 2021 @ 9:30 am
By: ECU News Services
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ECU’s Country Doctor Museum reopens, showcases rural health care during past pandemics
Published: Wednesday, July 14th, 2021 @ 4:50 am
By: ECU News Services
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On June 30, Governor Cooper announced Elkay Corporation will construct and equip a new distribution facility and create 20 new jobs.
Published: Friday, July 9th, 2021 @ 8:29 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will host a live fireside chat for rural communities on COVID-19 vaccines on Tuesday, May 25
Published: Tuesday, May 25th, 2021 @ 7:18 pm
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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Earlier this week Locke published my report on “Expanding Rural Broadband Access in North Carolina.”
Published: Saturday, April 3rd, 2021 @ 9:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Better health outcomes for rural North Carolinians focus of annual symposium
Published: Sunday, March 7th, 2021 @ 7:00 pm
By: ECU News Services
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N.C. Rural Infrastructure Authority approves more than $4.5 million in funding
Published: Sunday, February 21st, 2021 @ 1:04 pm
By: Governor's Office
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As he stood on his porch, watching the flames consume his studio, Brant Barnes wasn’t thinking about the fire.
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2021 @ 3:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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When the last of the three waves of the 1918 Spanish Flu subsided in 1920, America began an incomparable period of economic growth, good times and opportunity called “The Roaring Twenties.”
Published: Saturday, January 2nd, 2021 @ 9:02 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Projects Expected to Connect Nearly 16,000 Households and 700 Businesses to Broadband
Published: Friday, December 18th, 2020 @ 6:56 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Leaders in the General Assembly and governor say they have reached a deal to ensure $30 million for the GREAT rural broadband program.
Published: Monday, December 14th, 2020 @ 9:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Funds will help attract 375 New Jobs and more than $528 million in Private Investment
Published: Sunday, December 13th, 2020 @ 8:18 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Local communities, legislators, and businesses are having a hard time understanding why Gov. Roy Cooper’s budget office pulled the plug on $32 million in grants for rural broadband projects that had attracted 70 applicants.
Published: Friday, December 4th, 2020 @ 5:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Each year on the third Thursday of November, NOSORH leads National Rural Health Day, an annual day of celebration that shines a light on the vital health needs of an estimated 57 million people living in rural America.
Published: Thursday, November 19th, 2020 @ 3:39 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Rural Health is proud to recognize the innovation, quality of care and dedication of health professionals and volunteers in communities during National Rural Health Day 2020.
Published: Monday, November 16th, 2020 @ 7:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Since September, new COVID-19 cases have been increasing faster in rural counties, according to a new report by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
Published: Friday, November 13th, 2020 @ 3:13 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX has partnered with a public school system in West Texas to deliver fast, low-latency internet to students residing in areas where connectivity is inadequate, unaffordable, or non-existent.
Published: Thursday, November 5th, 2020 @ 2:21 pm
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority approves more than $4.5 million in funding to support economic development
Published: Monday, October 19th, 2020 @ 2:33 pm
By: Governor's Office
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