NC Department of Commerce has released $70 million in federal funding for Renew NC's Multi-Family Construction Repair Program with application now open through Nov 2nd.
US Sen. Ted Budd, R-NC, said he can’t support a supplemental funding request from President Donald Trump that would help pay for the Iran war among other things because additional Helene recovery funding was not included.
Officials at the June 22 GROW NC meeting said strengthening communications infrastructure has become one of the state's top public safety priorities.
In Washington DC on Wednesday, Gov. Josh Stein, along with state Sen. Kevin Corbin, R-Macon, met with North Carolina’s congressional delegation to seek more than $10 billion in additional federal funding for western North Carolina’s Hurricane Helene recovery.
GROW NC advisers say long-term recovery efforts could stall as donations dry up and unmet needs continue emerging across mountain communities.
North Carolina has 18 research stations, six of which are under the umbrella of North Carolina State University, with the remaining 12 being owned and operated by NCDA&CS.
An NC Senate committee on May 13 unanimously advanced a bill that which would create the state's first systematic K-8 math intervention program, modeled on Read to Achieve.
Claude responded: A new state law banning smartphones during instructional time took effect Jan.A new state law banning smartphones during instructional time took effect Jan. 1 in North Carolina, but a Chapel Hill-Carrboro parent group of more than 300 members says the bigger problem is the school-issued Chromebooks kids bring home. Founder Mary Beth Roche and UNC public health professor Karl Johnson argue district policy is moving too slowly and too narrowly, while a new UNC study shows uneven enforcement of the cellphone ban statewide and growing distraction from school-issued devices.
Rep. Mike Clampitt has passed away after a year-long battle with cancer. He first was elected to the General Assembly in 2016.
“North Carolina is committed to helping families who lost their homes during Hurricane Helene recover,” said Gov. Josh Stein.
Renew NC announced it has extended the deadline for western NC homeowners affected by Hurricane Helene to apply for assistance through the Single-Family Housing Program (SFHP) from Dec. 31 to Jan. 31.
