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Vault Visit | People prep for tax free weekend
GREENSBORO, N.C. — WFMY News 2 turns 75 this year and we are opening the News 2 Vault. You might remember from 2002 to 2013, North Carolina shoppers enjoyed one weekend of tax-free shopping every year!. The discount applied to clothes, school supplies, computers and sports equipment. State leaders...
Demand for HCA to give up control of NC hospital grows: What ASCs need to know
The North Carolina attorney general's office is asking the state health department to deny HCA Healthcare's certificate-of-need application to add 26 acute care beds to its Asheville-based Mission Hospital. The move follows a recent effort to push Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, one of the largest ASC operators, to give up...
Aid to distressed communities in brownfield, superfund sites proposal
(The Center Square) – Redevelopment and revitalization of environmentally challenged properties would be helped by the Economic Opportunity for Distressed Communities Act, a federal proposal by a Republican and Democrat from North Carolina. U.S. Reps. Chuck Edwards and Wiley Nickel say their plan is different from the current Opportunity Zone program that focuses solely on low-income communities and fails to consider the need for similar investment in communities with additional hardships, such as brownfield and superfund sites. They worked together to craft House Resolution 9203,...
North Carolina financial aid agency provides FAFSA help as priority deadline looms
Time is running out for college-bound students to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), with the Aug. 15 priority date looming for those who may qualify for the state’s Next NC Scholarship. That’s why the North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority — the state’s education financial aid agency — has hired 89 school counselors and college advisors to provide FAFSA support for North Carolinians this summer.
Lottery winner scoops $2m prize after taking chance on $20 scratch-off – but takes home less than half following choice
A WOMAN has won millions on a $20 lottery ticket but only took a home six-figure sum. She hit the jackpot by playing a 100X The Cash scratch-off. Odessa Chamblee of Ahoskie in Hertford County, North Carolina – located two hours northeast of Raleigh – purchased the ticket from the Village Store in Wallace, per […]
App State awarded nearly $2.2 million to support growth of its nursing programs
HIGH COUNTRY — Appalachian State University will receive nearly $2.2 million over two years to expand its nursing degree programs, part of a groundbreaking statewide effort to address a nursing workforce shortage in North Carolina. The University of North Carolina System announced July 16 that it has awarded nearly $29 million in grants — funded by the North Carolina General Assembly as part of last year’s state budget — to expand nursing education at 12 public universities and North Carolina’s Area Health Education Centers. ...
‘Sister Wives’ Mykelti Brown & Family Make Big Move
Sister Wives star Mykelti Brown Padron and her family finally made their big move. For a while now, Mykelti and her husband Tony confirmed they planned on moving their household out of Utah to North Carolina. Maddie Brush and her family also live in North Carolina, and Janelle Brown spends quite a lot of time there to visit. As a result, the state held a lot of appeal for the Padrons.
Boy who died at Outer Banks is 5th NC beach death this month in menacing rip currents
The boy's death on Saturday at Corolla Beach is the fifth on the North Carolina coast just this month amid dangerous rip currents that have prompted more than 200 rescues. Two of the confirmed rip current deaths happened at the Outer Banks.
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