Community colleges engage with local employers to fill skill gaps in the communities they serve. Last week, two North Carolina community colleges held ribbon cutting ceremonies for new workforce training facilities that will help meet industry demands in the Hoke, Moore, and Duplin counties.
Published: Monday, October 23rd, 2023 @ 12:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina has been named the 2022 State of the Year by Business Facilities magazine. The state previously won the honor in 2020.
Published: Monday, January 23rd, 2023 @ 12:47 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican lawmakers across seven states signaled in a Wednesday letter reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation that they would inflict repercussions on medical facilities that perform so-called ‘gender-affirming care’ on children.
Published: Tuesday, October 11th, 2022 @ 12:25 am
By: Daily Wire
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China buying up more land near military facilities
Published: Sunday, September 18th, 2022 @ 10:11 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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Fishing communities in every coastal state have tried to alert the Biden administration to offshore wind energy’s threat to their industry and marine habitats, biodiversity, and oceanography
Published: Monday, August 15th, 2022 @ 4:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Below is the presentation I gave the North Carolina Energy Policy Council on May 18, 2022.
Published: Monday, June 27th, 2022 @ 5:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Nearly all 10,000 employees at state-operated healthcare facilities are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and compliant with a mandatory vaccination requirement, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
Published: Monday, October 18th, 2021 @ 1:12 pm
By: Announcements
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"Our facilities are leaders in caring for people with complex needs, and our staff have heroically protected the people they serve and each other from day one of this pandemic"
Published: Monday, August 2nd, 2021 @ 9:09 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper has ordered all United States and North Carolina flags at state facilities to be lowered immediately
Published: Friday, May 28th, 2021 @ 11:37 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The outlet reports that “823 unaccompanied migrant children have been held in border patrol custody for over 10 days — more than a fourfold increase over the past week.”
Published: Friday, March 26th, 2021 @ 11:42 am
By: Daily Wire
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is updating its visitation guidance for long-term care facilities to allow for in-person, indoor or outdoor, visitation in most circumstances.
Published: Tuesday, March 16th, 2021 @ 3:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Many Facilities Can Resume Visitation
Published: Tuesday, March 9th, 2021 @ 3:01 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Kaiser Family Foundation ranks North Carolina as first in the nation for vaccinating the largest share of its 65 and older population at 49%. This rate does not include those in long-term care facilities.
Published: Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021 @ 1:50 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper has ordered all United States and North Carolina flags at state facilities to be lowered to half-staff until sunset on Monday, November 2, 2020 in honor of North Carolina native, US Coast Guard Ensign Morgan Garrett.
Published: Wednesday, October 28th, 2020 @ 11:37 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The UNC System has seen much change recently – from a new chairman to the UNC Board of Governors to a new Chancellor at their flagship campus, UNC Chapel Hill.
Published: Thursday, August 6th, 2020 @ 6:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Rioters stormed the headquarters of Minneapolis’ 3rd Police Precinct late on Thursday night in response to the death of George Floyd, and have reportedly started setting fires at the building.
Published: Sunday, May 31st, 2020 @ 5:11 am
By: Daily Wire
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is taking further action to prevent and respond to COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care facilities.
Published: Monday, May 18th, 2020 @ 3:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The coronavirus pandemic has kept North Carolina’s gyms and fitness centers closed, even as the state enters Phase One of reopening the economy.
Published: Monday, May 11th, 2020 @ 8:28 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Due to COVID-19, many health care facilities in North Carolina, particularly long-term care facilities, are seeking to urgently hire staff for temporary, part-time or full-time roles.
Published: Wednesday, May 6th, 2020 @ 11:33 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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After witnessing outbreaks at food processing plants in other states and receiving reports of cases among workers in our state, North Carolina public and private leaders have come together to take swift action to protect workers here from COVID-19.
Published: Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020 @ 8:06 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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These modifications will start Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 8:00 AM.
Published: Tuesday, March 24th, 2020 @ 9:33 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A bipartisan group of House members hopes to break a regulatory chokehold on surgical facilities.
Published: Friday, May 10th, 2019 @ 4:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Federal law enforcement officials found several preserved fetuses in a Detroit warehouse that belonged to a man who sold human body parts, newly revealed photographs show
Published: Thursday, December 28th, 2017 @ 2:38 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Governor McCrory announced that Everest Textile USA will establish a 610-job manufacturing facility in Rutherford County.
Published: Thursday, December 8th, 2016 @ 11:30 am
By: McCrory Communications
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory issued a statement following the recent decision by U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Schroeder...
Published: Tuesday, August 30th, 2016 @ 6:00 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced that he secured an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) requiring the Department of Defense to enter memoranda of agreements with local or regional higher education institutions that offer degrees in allopathic or osteopathic...
Published: Wednesday, May 18th, 2016 @ 10:47 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement on today's Fourth Circuit Court ruling...
Published: Monday, April 25th, 2016 @ 11:19 am
By: McCrory Communications
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In a domain in which the proposed "therapies" are so drastic, it is not too much to ask for a solid, evidence-based statement of who is being treated, for what, and why, before writing a prescription or passing a law.
Published: Sunday, April 24th, 2016 @ 10:33 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Kellie Fiedorek regarding the North Carolina General Assembly’s bipartisan passage of the Public Facilities and Security Act, which invalidates a city of Charlotte ordinance
Published: Friday, March 25th, 2016 @ 11:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Traditionally, city and county Parks and Recreation (P&R) departments provided the public with parks and user-fee-supported sports leagues -- soccer, softball, etc. Now, many P&R departments have expanded well beyond these boundaries. Some provide uncommon services that benefit only a...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 3:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Supporters of East Carolina University gave a record-breaking $39 million in commitments in the 2014-15 year to benefit scholarships, faculty resources, programs, research, facilities, health care, athletics and more.
Published: Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015 @ 9:15 am
By: ECU News Services
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Health care policy decisions usually come as federal dictates, so it's a rare opportunity when state legislators have full authority to grant North Carolinians more freedom over their health care options.
Published: Monday, September 7th, 2015 @ 6:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Momentum for Governor Pat McCrory's Connect NC bond proposal continues to build as counties across the state express official support for the initiative. Currituck, Cabarrus, Dare and Sampson Counties have all passed resolutions expressing support for placing the Connect NC bonds on the ballot in...
Published: Sunday, June 7th, 2015 @ 12:30 pm
By: Chris Downey
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