The North Carolina General Assembly is expected to have its new legislative and congressional maps ready this week.
Published: Wednesday, February 28th, 2024 @ 10:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced eligible hospitals in the state will begin receiving payments through the Healthcare Access and Stabilization Program (HASP).
Published: Thursday, December 28th, 2023 @ 9:31 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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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 communities across the state during National Rural Health Day 2023.
Published: Sunday, December 10th, 2023 @ 12:19 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The Golden LEAF Scholarship Program focuses on providing students with strong ties to rural communities with scholarships to attend a four-year college or university in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, November 21st, 2023 @ 11:35 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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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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Christian Action League
Published: Saturday, August 26th, 2023 @ 12:39 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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This summer, 49 Golden LEAF Scholars are participating in the second cohort of the Rural Internship Initiative. In its first year, Golden LEAF had 20 interns working in rural North Carolina counties.
Published: Thursday, August 17th, 2023 @ 5:33 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Recently, Golden LEAF President, Chief Executive Officer Scott T. Hamilton sat down with the Chair of the North Carolina Economic Development Association Foundation Dr. Patricia Mitchell via Zoom and filmed an episode of Critical Conversations.
Published: Saturday, July 22nd, 2023 @ 9:16 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The Golden LEAF Foundation announced 215 students from 51 rural North Carolina counties were selected to receive a Golden LEAF Scholarship worth up to $14,000.
Published: Monday, July 17th, 2023 @ 12:09 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Recently, Golden LEAF President, Chief Executive Officer Scott T. Hamilton sat down with the President of the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) and Washington County Commissioner Tracey Johnson via Zoom and filmed an episode of Critical Conversations.
Published: Monday, February 13th, 2023 @ 6:17 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Rural North Carolina has some of the most beautiful scenery in America, as documented by the growing numbers of tourists.
Published: Monday, February 6th, 2023 @ 9:19 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Innovation, community partnerships help ECU bring dental care to underserved Hyde County
Published: Wednesday, January 25th, 2023 @ 1:48 am
By: ECU News Services
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Charitable giving is up at North Carolina-based charities. North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall shared the good news at Tuesday’s Council of State meeting.
Published: Saturday, January 7th, 2023 @ 1:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Democratic party saw significant movement in their party leadership recently, with more likely to come. WRAL’s Paul Specht in a long-winded but excellent report the departure of the state Democratic party executive director
Published: Tuesday, December 27th, 2022 @ 9:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina is investing $2.3 billion in water and wastewater infrastructure across the state
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2022 @ 12:05 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Published: Saturday, November 26th, 2022 @ 12:05 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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ECU program aims to limit impact of addiction, HIV
Published: Saturday, November 19th, 2022 @ 3:48 pm
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 2022.
Published: Sunday, November 13th, 2022 @ 12:08 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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RALEIGH – More than $30.1 million from the N.C. Volkswagen Settlement Program will be distributed by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality to fund 161 new school buses across the state, with the majority of the funding going toward new all-electric school buses.
Published: Thursday, October 20th, 2022 @ 12:04 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Golden LEAF’s mission is to increase economic opportunity in North Carolina’s rural, tobacco-dependent, and economically distressed communities through leadership in grantmaking, collaboration, innovation, and stewardship as an independent and perpetual foundation.
Published: Tuesday, September 27th, 2022 @ 12:47 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Democrat leaders in Virginia conceded Friday that Republicans have taken control of the state’s House of Delegates, thus completing a sweep of the state’s elections this week after capturing the governorship, attorney general’s office, and lieutenant governorship.
Published: Wednesday, August 17th, 2022 @ 10:11 pm
By: Daily Wire
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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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Scott Jennings, a political analyst at CNN, said following the Republican’s surprising victories in statewide elections on Tuesday that the formula used by governor-elect Glenn Youngkin can be used by Republicans nationwide to win.
Published: Monday, August 8th, 2022 @ 9:31 am
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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The Golden LEAF Foundation announced 215 rural students from 78 North Carolina counties were selected to receive a Golden LEAF Scholarship worth up to $14,000.
Published: Friday, June 10th, 2022 @ 5:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Company will invest more than $18 million in Laurinburg
Published: Wednesday, May 11th, 2022 @ 8:14 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The former presiding jurist in the Leandro school funding case says the current struggles facing public schools in North Carolina are more about a breakdown in classroom instruction than a lack of funding.
Published: Sunday, April 17th, 2022 @ 8:05 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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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On Tuesday, the New York GOP garnered their best results since 2016, winning races across the state.
Published: Wednesday, December 29th, 2021 @ 9:59 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The Board of Directors established the Golden LEAF Scholarship Program as a workforce strategy to broaden educational opportunities for students from rural counties.
Published: Friday, December 24th, 2021 @ 2:01 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Tar Heel State’s budget for the new biennium includes $100 million in supplemental pay for public school teachers in some of the state’s smallest, poorest counties.
Published: Tuesday, December 21st, 2021 @ 2:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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ECU’s dental school marks 10 years of education, care
Published: Wednesday, December 15th, 2021 @ 1:15 pm
By: ECU News Services
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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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