RALEIGH, N.C. – Hundreds of face masks bearing counterfeit trademark logos were among the items seized by the North Carolina Anti-Counterfeiting Task Force over the past three weeks. Enforcement actions led by NC Secretary of State Trademark Enforcement Agents uncovered knock-off face masks
RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) is reporting the state’s highest one-day number of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases with 2,462 reported. It is the highest one-day increase to date. Hospitalizations are also at a record high with 1,093 people c
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is seeking public comment on a draft discharge permit for a water treatment system at the Chemours Fayetteville Works site to remove PFAS contamination. Chemours is required under the terms of paragraph 12(e) of the Consent Order to redu
RALEIGH, N.C. -- On Thursday Governor Roy Cooper announced the members of the North Carolina Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice , co-chaired by Justice Anita Earls and Attorney General Josh Stein. The Task Force will meet at 10:00 am on Friday, July 10, 2020. The meeting can viewed vi
RALEIGH, N.C. -- A state initiative is matching North Carolina college students in need of work experience with local governments and nonprofits seeking additional help to support COVID-19 response efforts. The COVID-19 pandemic caused many North Carolina students to lose summer jobs and inter
MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. -- The N.C. Coastal Resources Commission (CRC) will meet by conference call on Thursday, July 16 at 11 a.m. The CRC will consider re-adoption of three rules : 15A NCAC 7H .0312 Technical Standards for Beach Fill Projects; 15A NCAC 7J .0403 Development Period/Commencement/
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) today issued a Request For Proposals for an initiative that will send up to 250 Community Health Workers to historically underserved areas with high COVID-19 caseloads. Starting in August, teams of trained frontli
RALEIGH, N.C. — Artists in all disciplines are eligible to apply for grants to support their professional and artistic development through a program of the North Carolina Arts Council. North Carolina’s statewide network of local arts councils is accepting applications for the new Art
by Julie Havlak, Carolina Journal News Service “When you’re meeting in person, I don’t think you have the ability to hit a button and end a meeting. I’m a pretty busy person, but there’s no meeting on my calendar that could ever be as important … as dealing with how we flatten the econom
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Commission held its regular monthly meeting by conference call on July 8, 2020 and ratified 66 hearing cases that resulted in penalties in excess of $79,200 and/or imposition of suspensions of permits for three days or more. Fines
FLETCHER, N.C. – As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the uncertainty of conditions come September, the N.C. Mountain State Fair will not be held in 2020. The fair was scheduled to take place Sept. 11 through 20. “I would like nothing better than to NOT be making this announcemen
b y Kari Travis, Carolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — During a 2020 legislative session immersed in financial doubt and civil unrest, Republican lawmakers flailed against Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto power, fighting executive orders they say hurt North Carolina. It’s a political game, much
