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Duke Energy to open new Goldsboro operations center Oct. 27
GOLDSBORO, N.C. (WNCT) — On October 27 Duke Energy will celebrate the grand opening of its new Goldsboro Operations Center. A state of the art line crew operations center that will be home to more than 55 Duke Energy employees. The facility will serve approximately 53,920 customers across a 650-squae-mile territory and maintain about 1,500 […]
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Goldsboro Dental Practice Marks 50 Years With New 7,352-Square-Foot Building
A dental practice with half a century of roots in Goldsboro has a brand-new home. Smith, Adams & Pilkington Family Dentistry completed a new facility in Goldsboro, Wayne County, on Dec. 12, 2025, according to the building's contractor, Farrior & Sons. The 7,352-square-foot building offers dental services ranging from professional...
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NC Lieutenant Governor visits Warsaw farm to hear how rising costs are affecting farmers
North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Rachel Hunt visited AJS Farms in Warsaw this week to hear how rising costs are affecting farmers during the fall harvest season. Farm owners say equipment costs have doubled this year, while higher fuel and fertilizer prices are squeezing their operations. Tariffs have also limited some markets for their crops. The farm’s owners say tighter household budgets are hurting pumpkin sales, leaving some of the crop unharvested and cutting into their income during one of the busiest times of the year.
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Lt. Gov. Rachel Hunt Visits Eastern North Carolina Farm
DUPLIN COUNTY, N.C. — Lt. Gov. Rachel Hunt visited AJS Farms in Warsaw on Monday to learn more about this year’s pumpkin crop and hear concerns from farmers about rising production costs. The visit came during one of the busiest times of the year for pumpkin growers, with...
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Creativity flows like a current at new downtown shop
From paint and brushes, canvases, crayons, beads, and baubles to all kinds of costumes and toys, imagination is sparked and creativity flows like a current at a newly opened interactive creative arts shop on Main Street in Washington. CURRENT, owned by Elizabeth and John Leonard, is a space where both...
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Edgecombe Furniture expands in Greenville
A Pitt County furniture maker is planning a nearly $4 million expansion of its facility thanks in part to an $80,000 grant from the state, Pitt County Government announced. Edgecombe Furniture, an existing Pitt County manufacturer of high-performing commercial furnishings, has been operating in North Carolina for nearly a century and in Pitt County since 2019, after the company purchased a 140,000-square-foot facility on Staton Road north of Greenville. Edgecombe Furniture CEO Bob Phillips said the company has grown substantially in the last five to 10 years. ”We moved to Pitt County in 2019. Since then we’ve gained a lot of really good new customers,” Phillips said. The expansion will allow the company to produce more product and advance its offerings into new lines. ”In our industry, there are always new designs and new changes. We are always doing (something) new to some level,” Phillips noted. “We also believe there are new customers we believe we can get with the increased production space.” Company leaders plan to add 56,260 square feet of state-of-the-art operational space and create at least 10 new jobs at the Greenville facility. The new jobs will run the gamut within the company, including engineers and product
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WARN filing lists Greenville Foster facility for closure
How many workers will be affected by the Greenville Foster closure?. What other Foster location is listed for closure besides Greenville?. GREENVILLE, Pitt County — The Foster facility located at 1060 Taylors Creek Drive in Greenville is scheduled to close March 5, 2027, affecting 12 workers, according to a WARN filing.
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Lt. Gov. Hunt visits Warsaw farm amid rising costs
WARSAW, N.C. (WNCT) — Lt. Gov. Rachel Hunt visited AJS Farms in Warsaw as cost increases and droughts impacts farmers across the state. Some of the issues discussed included high diesel prices, impacts of tariffs and a lack of companies that buy and sell to farmers across the state. “We need our farmers to make […]
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Australia-Based Whiskey Project Group Establishes Edenton, North Carolina, Manufacturing Operations
Australia-based maritime technology and advanced manufacturing company The Whiskey Project Group has established operations in Edenton, North Carolina. The project is expected to create 30 jobs in Chowan County. The company’s new 60,000-square-foot North American manufacturing hub, located on 50 acres, will manufacture vessels under the company's Whiskey, NAiAD and...