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NC Treasurer Folwell Announces Record Unclaimed Cash Payouts in 2023-24
(Raleigh, N.C.) – For the fourth year in a row, the Unclaimed Property Division (UPD) of the Department of State Treasurer (DST) has smashed the record for returning unclaimed money, putting over $115 million back into the pockets of the rightful owners, State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, announced.
Signed US Constitution copy found in North Carolina filing cabinet, being auctioned for millions
Historical document appraiser and collector Seth Kaller spreads a broad sheet of paper across a desk. It's in good enough condition that he can handle it, carefully, with clean, bare hands. There are just a few creases and tiny discolorations, even though it's just a few weeks shy of 237 years old and has spent who knows how long inside a filing cabinet in North Carolina.At the top of the first page are familiar words but in regular type, instead of the sweeping Gothic script we're used to seeing: "WE, the People ..."And the people will get a chance to...
Dredged materials used to restore NC waterbird nesting island
Waterbirds, which often need a sandy habitat for nesting, are finding fewer spaces to raise their young as development on the coast of North Carolina continues. It's why the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have teamed up to restore a special island habitat for those birds.
2024 Service Academy Nomination Deadline Announced
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Don Davis-D (NC-01) is pleased to announce the launch of the application process for students from North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District seeking to be nominated for a U.S. military service academy this coming year. “As a United States Air Force Academy graduate, I know...
Absentee voting instruction violates law, North Carolina plaintiffs say
(The Center Square) — Litigation filed against North Carolina’s State Board of Elections on Tuesday contests a memo of instruction to county boards of elections in conflict with absentee by mail ballot state laws. For the board, it’s lawsuit No. 6 in 43 days, and the fourth in 12. Virginia Wasserberg, registered in Pasquotank County, […]
The Racial Justice Act brings evidence of death penalty racism into the light
Johnston County was recently home to a historic hearing in the case of case of Hasson Bacote, a Black man who has spent 15 years on North Carolina’s death row. We now await the judge’s decision on whether Mr. Bacote will be removed from death row and resentenced to life in prison due to overwhelming […]
New program lets students apply to dozens of NC colleges with one application
Several colleges, including those in the UNC System, are hosting a new program making it easier for prospective students to apply to schools.The process is simple: the College Foundation of North Carolina is enabling any high school senior with a GPA of 2.8 or above to submit a streamlined application to community colleges and UNC schools.Fayetteville State University is one of those schools."We may be exposed to prospective students who hadn't considered us previously so this is another layer for us to provide that access and allow them to see a closer glimpse of Fayetteville State University as an institution,"...
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