by WSIC News | Oct 21, 2022 | WSIC State News
Ben Houser of Vale won the brand new St. Jude Dream Home in a drawing that aired on WBTV last night. In July, 26,000 tickets were sold for a chance to win the home, raising a record $2.6 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. You can watch the full special...
by WSIC News | Oct 21, 2022 | WSIC State News
The North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) has approved 17 grant requests to local governments totaling $5,710,255. The requests include commitments to create a total of 1,382 jobs, 1,097 of which were previously announced. The public investment in these...
by WSIC News | Oct 21, 2022 | WSIC State News
Yesterday, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) awarded more than $1.4 million in grants to the state of North Carolina to advance and support office recruitment and retention,...
by WSIC News | Oct 21, 2022 | WSIC State News
Yesterday, the Biden Administration announced the release of almost $1 billion in grants to North Carolina’s Albemarle Corp and Piedmont Lithium for the manufacturing of electric vehicle batteries.
by WSIC News | Oct 20, 2022 | WSIC State News
A South Carolina-based food processor SO-PAK-CO Inc. announced on Tuesday the company’s $85 million investment in a new processing and packing operation in Laurinburg. The company will create 440 jobs in an area that needs a boost to its economy badly. The new...
by WSIC News | Oct 20, 2022 | WSIC State News
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division is about to begin an outreach assistance and enforcement initiative to reach employers in North Carolina’s sweet potato industry. Workers who feel they may not be getting the wages they earned may contact a Wage...
