Public sector employees from state agencies and public institutions will be recognized today for completing the rigorous North Carolina Certified Public Manager® Program (CPM) during the program’s commencement ceremony.
Under sunny skies on Sept. 16, a short and heartfelt ceremony dedicating a popular bronze sea turtle sculpture in memory of Millie Overman was held. Millie is known to many as the matriarch of the Network for Endangered Sea Turtles (N.E.S.T.) and of sea turtle conservation on the Outer Banks.
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey will join firefighters from the Derby Volunteer Fire Department in celebrating the department’s 40th anniversary on Saturday morning.
Commissioner Causey, who is also the State Fire Marshal, will also present the Department’s top award to two of the fire department’s charter members.
A record-setting 256 elementary schools across North Carolina will participate in the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) for the 2023-24 school year, the largest number of schools ever to participate in a given school year.
Trash is scary and this Halloween season, the community is invited to work together to slay pollution at the Boo to Trash Beach Cleanup, Sunday, Oct. 22, 8-10 a.m. at Carolina Beach Pier hosted by the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher, the Town of Carolina Beach and Carolina Beach Pier.
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Throughout time, carvers, cabinetmakers, furniture makers, and carpenters have been crafting objects to serve as functional, social, and aesthetic pieces of work. Signatures or marks left by the craftsperson, whether incised/scratched or those of chalk, paint, pencil, or ink, allow a piece of wood to be transformed into a reflection of society, culture, economics, and trade.
Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced appointments to boards and commissions.
N.C. Orthotics & Prosthetics Recoups Funds, Credits the Department of State Treasurer
Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed the following bills into law:
PRESS RELEASE — State health leaders met at the Governor’s Mansion on Sept. 20 to discuss increasing affordable access for some breast cancer screenings.
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Kenisha Eronda Crockett, 45, of 520 Hearthside Drive, Winston-Salem. Crockett faces charges of insurance fraud and attempting to obtain property by false pretense, both felonies, along with a misdemeanor common law forgery charge.
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Justin Emanuel Johnson, 27, of 205 Wiley St., Greensboro. Johnson faces charges of insurance fraud and attempting to obtain property by false pretense, both felonies.
Today, Governor Roy Cooper visited Fayetteville Technical Community College (FTCC) to celebrate Clean Energy Week and highlight the community college’s innovative military workforce training programs.
PRESS RELEASE — For the first time, North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services is joining with the American Society on Aging to acknowledge the newly established Ageism Awareness Day on Oct. 7, 2023. Modeled after the United Nation’s International Day of Older Persons, Ageism Awareness Day provides an opportunity to draw attention to the existence and impact of ageism in our society.
Rebounding from pandemic lows, North Carolina high school students in 2022-23 participated and performed in college-level Advanced Placement courses at levels above those during the 2018-19 school year, according to data reported by the College Board, which administers the AP program and exams.
Congress must act to reauthorize the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) so that people can continue to afford to connect to high-speed internet, Governor Roy Cooper urged North Carolina’s Congressional delegation.
Congress must act to reauthorize the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) so that people can continue to afford to connect to high speed internet, Governor Roy Cooper urged North Carolina’s Congressional delegation.
PRESS RELEASE — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Rural Health, in partnership with East Carolina University and North Carolina State University, has been awarded a highly competitive Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society award from the National Institutes of Health for the proposed Agricultural Workers Digital Equity Initiative. The five-year, nearly $6 million award strives to advance health equity by promoting digital inclusion for agricultural workers and their families in North Carolina.
Provalus, an IT services company, will create 92 jobs in Columbus County, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The company will invest $500,000 to establish operations in the City of Whiteville.