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Innovative Electric Boat Manufacturer Forza X1 to invest $10.5 million in Marion Raleigh Jul 28, 2022 Forza X1, Inc., the builder of an innovative line of electric-powered boats, will invest $10.5 million to establish a new manufacturing plant in McDowell County, Governor…Read More »
Raleigh Jul 25, 2022 The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has begun issuing Pandemic-EBT benefits for summer 2022. Between July 20 and 30, the families of approximately 948,000 children in the state will each receive a one-time payment of…Read More »
“Get Checked. Get Tested. Get Protected.” Raleigh Jul 25, 2022 The North Carolina Department of Health and Humans Services has expanded the list of higher-risk people who are eligible to receive the monkeypox vaccine to help prevent spread in the state. Vaccinations…Read More »
By Kirk Ross NC POLICY WATCH – 7/26/2022 The U.S. Senate race between Democrat Cheri Beasley and Republican Ted Budd is shaping up to be a close one. Pivotal contest that some had already conceded to the GOP is shaping up to be…Read More »
Opportunities Available to Serve Your Community, Earn Money to Pay for College or Student Loans Raleigh Jul 25, 2022 VolunteerNC, an agency within the Office of the Governor, today announced that North Carolina has received $11.5 million in funding from AmeriCorps to…Read More »
By Kelan Lyons – 7/22/2022 NC Policy Watch After growing up behind bars, many who committed serious crimes when they were children now have a chance at parole James Ryan Kelliher first tried to kill himself when he was 10 years old.…Read More »
Grocery distributor to invest an additional $35 million in Caldwell County Raleigh Jul 12, 2022 Merchants Distributors, LLC (MDI), a wholesale grocery distributor founded in Hickory in 1931 will invest $35 million in a new expansion of its services and operations, creating…Read More »
Fort Bragg may soon go by another name: Fort Liberty. In last year’s National Defense Authorization Act, Congress charged the Naming Commission with renaming any military installation whose name commemorates the Confederacy. Fort Bragg is named after North Carolina native Braxton Bragg, a…Read More »
By Shelby Harris Carolina Public Press American Rescue Plan Act funds first reached local governments in May 2021, but few Western North Carolina counties immediately appropriated the money — opting, instead, to wait for clear direction on acceptable ways to spend the federal dollars.…Read More »
Residents excited at the potential to have access, but county officials planning to leverage federal dollars to build infrastructure say they are grappling with lags in NC broadband grants system. by Shelby Harris July 7, 2022 Carolina Public Press While several Western North Carolina…Read More »