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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced the U.S. Department of Transportation Multimodal Projects Discretionary Grant program awarded the N.C. Department of Transportation $10.4 million
Published: Thursday, December 22nd, 2022 @ 3:58 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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$19.7 million from federal American Rescue Plan awarded for rural economic development
Published: Friday, December 16th, 2022 @ 4:32 am
By: Governor's Office
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ECU dental school’s innovation transforms oral health care in rural North Carolina
Published: Wednesday, November 30th, 2022 @ 10:13 pm
By: ECU News Services
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ECU, ECU Health research focuses on improving rural health
Published: Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 @ 10:39 pm
By: ECU News Services
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ECU health sciences prepare its graduates to lead the rural workforce
Published: Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 @ 4:29 am
By: ECU News Services
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ECU, ECU Health highlight innovative rural health education, research and patient care
Published: Friday, November 25th, 2022 @ 8:53 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 2022.
Published: Sunday, November 13th, 2022 @ 12:08 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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local governments increasingly reject applications for wind and solar expansion
Published: Saturday, November 12th, 2022 @ 11:46 am
By: John Steed
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ECU medical student research highlights rural adolescent physical activity, health disparities
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2022 @ 10:34 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The state’s economic vitality is tied to the skills of its workforce. Trends show that by 2030, nearly two-thirds of North Carolina’s jobs will require a post-secondary degree or credential.
Published: Wednesday, September 28th, 2022 @ 1:06 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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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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ECU alumna returns to care for patients in her rural, underserved hometown
Published: Wednesday, September 14th, 2022 @ 2:54 am
By: ECU News Services
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The majority of Californians find the California drought to be serious, according to a new poll.
Published: Thursday, September 8th, 2022 @ 11:42 am
By: Daily Wire
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By signing the Inflation Reduction Act, President Biden is delivering on his promise to build an economy that works for working families, including rural families.
Published: Saturday, August 20th, 2022 @ 8:05 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County Community College’s Small Business Center is collaborating with East Carolina University Miller School of Entrepreneurship’s Crisp Small Business Resource Center to provide Accelerate Rural NC. The program begins on September 2 and runs for 10 consecutive weeks.
Published: Thursday, August 18th, 2022 @ 10:18 am
By: Attila Nemecz
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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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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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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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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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