Source: NEWS & OBSERVER, 1/31/19


In 2018, it was a tale of two North Carolinas: a story showing both our geographic vulnerabilities and our economic strengths. It was a year of headlines and hard lessons.  Our state’s continued economic strength topped national lists, making North Carolina, once again, a great place to live and work, while the lethal winds and floodwaters of Hurricane Florence twisted a harrowing slate of headlines last September.

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