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Elaine Marshall: With success came bigger dreams, North Carolina history
(The Center Square) – Growing up on a small rural farm, Elaine Marshall didn’t expect to play such a role in North Carolina history. After 28 years as secretary of state, she's running this year to serve her eighth term. A win would put her in service with a sixth different governor. “It’s historic, and it’s also astonishing to me because I didn’t grow up dreaming that I would be...
Grand Opening of North Carolina’s First-Ever Recreational Marijuana Store is Tomorrow at 10am
The Marijuana Herald - Marijuana news and information Tomorrow at 10am, North Carolina’s first-ever recreational marijuana store will open its doors to everyone 21 and older. Although the Great Smoky Cannabis Company is located in Cherokee, on the tribal land of Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (three hours from Charlotte and 4.5 hours from Raleigh), anyone who’s at least 21 years old can … Continue reading The post Grand Opening of North Carolina’s First-Ever Recreational Marijuana Store is Tomorrow at 10am appeared first on The Marijuana Herald.
Indian Tech Giant in North Carolina Announces Layoffs: Implications for Local Economy
HCL America, a subsidiary of the Indian tech giant HCL Technologies Ltd., is laying off at least 57 employees in Cary, North Carolina, as part of a restructuring. The layoffs are expected to occur between November 1 and January 6, according to a notice filed with state commerce officials under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act.
99 hospitals support state's medical debt relief plan: Governor
A new program overseen by the state’s health department will help eliminate medical debt for those struggling to pay their hospital bills in North Carolina and now has uniform support from hospitals. Gov. Roy Cooper recently announced that all of the state’s 99 acute care hospitals will participate in an innovative new medical debt forgiveness program for low- and middle-income patients. “We are excited to announce all of North Carolina’s...
Counties with the lowest home prices in North Carolina
The real estate market may be booming across the country, but in North Carolina, not all regions are seeing skyrocketing home prices. While low interest rates and increased demand are pushing up housing costs in many areas, several counties in North Carolina still offer incredibly affordable homeownership opportunities.
Just as people are retiring, their long-term care insurance rates are soaring
BELMONT, N.C. — People who bought insurance decades ago to cover their potential need for long-term care one day are seeing their premiums skyrocket now that they're retired and are on fixed incomes. A WCNC Charlotte investigation found long-term care rates in North Carolina alone have increased by more...
The 2025 Old Farmer’s Almanac Forecasts a “Calmer, Gentler” Winter in North Carolina
Winter may seem far away, but the Farmer’s Almanac is already looking ahead. Their 2024-25 winter forecast predicts what’s in store for North Carolina and the rest of the U.S. As someone who doesn’t enjoy winter, I’m hoping for a mild season, but what does the Almanac say?
Will longtime ‘North Carolina split’ between presidential and gubernatorial races hold?
It’s a truism of North Carolina’s politics that every four years, the Republican presidential nominee wins the state’s electoral votes while a Democrat takes the governorship. For partisans, it’s like a bowling split, when a player knocks down some pins in a set of 10 but leaves others standing — a decent score electorally but […]
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