Edgecombe County

Audit: $83M in SNAP benefits delayed to NC recipients

About $83 million and over 290,000 payments in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits were delayed in NC from 2021 to 2024, according to an audit from the NC Office of the State Auditor.

Theresa Opeka

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Energy company pulls the plug on operations at $1.4B NC factory

Natron Energy, a California-based company that planned to build the first US gigawatt-scale sodium-ion battery plant in Edgecombe County, is ending operations on Wednesday.

Theresa Opeka

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Court Rules County Violated Contract

RALEIGH — The N.C. Supreme Court has ruled that Edgecombe County improperly threatened to withhold a special separation allowance from a recently retired sheriff’s deputy if he took a job as a part-time police officer at Raleigh-Durham International Airport.

Michael Lowrey

Audit: $83M in SNAP benefits delayed to NC recipients

Energy company pulls the plug on operations at $1.4B NC factory

Court Rules County Violated Contract

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