Press Releases

North Carolina Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III, and Assistant Secretary for Rural Economic Development Dr. Patricia Mitchell announced today that the North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) approved 14 grants totaling $4,573,383.

NCWorks Career Centers are now registering more job seekers on the new  NCWorks mobile app to connect them to meaningful employment.

, N.C. — The military supports 578,000 jobs in North Carolina and more than two thirds of those jobs are in the private sector, demonstrating the impact of the military ripples across the state’s economy and not just concentrated near military installations.

The N.C. Department of Commerce announced today that the City of Morganton, North Carolina has been awarded up to $25,000 from the Main Street Solutions Fund.

, N.C. — Governor Pat McCrory and Department of Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III announced today that 97 of the state’s 100 counties saw increases in visitor spending in 2014.

, N.C. — Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III and the Economic Development Partnership of N.C. announced today that AR Textiles Ltd. will be locating a new manufacturing facility in Martin County and plans to create 38 new jobs over the next three years.

, N.C. — Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III and the Economic Development Partnership of N.C. announced today that HAECO Americas’ aircraft interiors unit HAECO Cabin Solutions will expand in Guilford County and plans to create 127 new jobs over the next five years.

, N.C. - Nearly $1 million dollars in civil penalties from North Carolina businesses that operate without required workers’ compensation insurance coverage was collected by the state Industrial Commission’s Fraud and Compliance team during the past fiscal year.

, N.C.— Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla III and the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC) announced today that Nutec Group will develop a new advanced manufacturing facility in North Carolina creating 61 new jobs over the next three years.