The operation threatens to violate state and federal law
Published: Saturday, March 9th, 2024 @ 9:17 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced three judicial appointments to North Carolina District Courts.
Published: Monday, January 1st, 2024 @ 11:03 pm
By: Governor's Office
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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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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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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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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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The State Board of Elections will hold an in-person meeting at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. The meeting will be held in the Surry County Courthouse, 201 E. Kapp St., Dobson, N.C.
Published: Thursday, March 30th, 2023 @ 8:10 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The State Board of Elections will hold an in-person meeting at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. The meeting will be held in the Surry County Courthouse, 201 E. Kapp St., Dobson, N.C.
Published: Friday, March 24th, 2023 @ 3:11 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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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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Rumor going around the county is that commissioners (least one of then does) want to build two mega sites to collect trash, one on the Southside to collect all bulk containers plus central location for storm debris, vegetation, and tree limbs.
Published: Tuesday, August 30th, 2022 @ 9:25 am
By: Tandy Oliver Dunn
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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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North Carolina Sen. Chuck Edwards, Republican candidate for the 14th Congressional District, announced today that the following state legislators have endorsed his campaign:
Published: Monday, February 7th, 2022 @ 2:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Some students in Hyde and Swain counties will soon be able to access high-speed internet via satellite technology, thanks to a pilot program aimed at improving internet access to support remote learning.
Published: Monday, March 8th, 2021 @ 6:05 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The 2018 ballot harvesting in Bladen County is hardly the only case of 21st-century election fraud in North Carolina
Published: Monday, October 26th, 2020 @ 12:42 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Leadership Conference shares best practices and tools to tackle teaching remotely due to COVID-19
Published: Saturday, August 8th, 2020 @ 5:21 pm
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolina’s poor school districts are getting shortchanged on funding.
Published: Thursday, February 27th, 2020 @ 5:54 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Strong winds cause power outages as North Carolina recovers from yesterday’s storms
Published: Wednesday, February 12th, 2020 @ 8:38 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Cooper signed the following bills into law:
Published: Saturday, July 20th, 2019 @ 10:24 am
By: Governor's Office
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Some advocates of higher pay for N.C. public school teachers don’t like the number $53,975. Specifically, they don’t like that number reported as the average salary for a teacher in the Tar Heel State.
Published: Saturday, June 8th, 2019 @ 4:09 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper will visit Western North Carolina on Thursday and Friday to discuss local issues. The governor will visit communities in Transylvania, Clay, Cherokee, Graham, Swain and Jackson counties.
Published: Saturday, April 20th, 2019 @ 11:11 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Michael Eugene Proctor, passed away on Friday, August 24th, at his home in Belhaven, surrounded by his family
Published: Saturday, August 25th, 2018 @ 8:51 pm
By: Announcements
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced that the Department of Interior informed Congress that Swain County will receive the remaining $35.2 million owed to them from the North Shore Road settlement this year
Published: Saturday, June 2nd, 2018 @ 7:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) joined a group of eight senators and two representatives to introduce a bipartisan, bicameral bill that will use revenues from energy production on federal lands to help pay for the over $11 billion maintenance backlog at our national parks
Published: Thursday, March 8th, 2018 @ 8:14 am
By: Thom Tillis
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The landmark decision in the Leandro case spelled out what North Carolina must do to ensure every student has access to a sound, basic education.
Published: Saturday, February 24th, 2018 @ 5:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) applauded the Administration for requesting that the National Park Service (NPS) provide Swain County with funds to cover all outstanding financial obligations for the North Shore Road settlement as a part of the President's Fiscal Year 2019 budget proposals
Published: Friday, February 16th, 2018 @ 10:38 am
By: Thom Tillis
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) applauded Secretary Ryan Zinke and the Department of the Interior for releasing $4 million that was appropriated to Swain County in 2012 but never transferred
Published: Friday, September 8th, 2017 @ 9:41 am
By: Thom Tillis
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Enrollment Changes Have Consequences
Published: Friday, November 4th, 2016 @ 3:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced that the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry passed his amendment to the Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2015 that would give North Carolina counties the final say as to whether their land is designated as wilderness study areas
Published: Saturday, September 17th, 2016 @ 7:55 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) will invest more than $1.5 million in support for aviation and automotive career pathways at two North Carolina community colleges
Published: Saturday, September 17th, 2016 @ 12:22 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory continued his sweeping reform of North Carolina's unemployment insurance program with the signing of Senate Bill 15 during a ceremony at the Gaston County JobLink facility in Gastonia
Published: Thursday, September 10th, 2015 @ 6:27 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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It gets downplayed in the drive by media, but the public school are required to report annually to the legislature on the crime situation within the state's public schools each year.
Published: Wednesday, March 25th, 2015 @ 10:03 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Niche.com, Inc. is a Pittsburgh, PA-based company that evaluates and ranks K-12 schools, colleges, cities, and neighborhoods. They recently released their 2015 ranking of public schools and school districts in each state, as well as a national ranking of private and public schools and districts.
Published: Thursday, January 29th, 2015 @ 8:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Yes, state board member, Maja Kricker, really did rule at the State Board of Elections (SBOE) meeting today. Her opinion was the only opinion that counted when it came to the five member SBOE voting on one-stop variance requests made by county board of elections.
Published: Friday, August 1st, 2014 @ 3:16 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today.
Published: Friday, April 18th, 2014 @ 1:54 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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