Press Releases

Governor Roy Cooper issued the following statement today on President Biden's clean cars and trucks standards announcement:

Today, amid higher COVID-19 numbers statewide, Governor Roy Cooper again urged North Carolinians to get vaccinated. He also announced the third winner of North Carolina’s Your Shot at $1 Million Summer Cash Drawing. 

Hoy, en medio de cifras más altas de COVID-19 en todo el estado, el gobernador Roy Cooper nuevamente motivó a los habitantes de Carolina del Norte a vacunarse.

Amgen Inc., the pioneering biotechnology company, will build a new biologics manufacturing operation in Holly Springs, creating 355 jobs, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. 

Steffes, LLC, a steel fabrication company, will create 130 new jobs in Cleveland County, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The company will invest $20.9 million to locate a new manufacturing facility in the City of Shelby.

Today, Governor Roy Cooper visited the Cumberland County Public Health Department vaccine clinic in Fayetteville to emphasize the importance of getting the COVID-19 vaccine as cases and hospitalizations rise across North Carolina.

Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced that Casandra Skinner Hoekstra will serve as Interim Secretary for the North Carolina Department of Public Safety (NCDPS).

Governor Roy Cooper announced today $153 million in loans and grants to help pay for 48 drinking water and wastewater projects statewide.

Today, Governor Roy Cooper visited the vaccine clinic held outside of a McDonald’s in Nashville to see more people receive their shot.

Today, Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy K. Cohen, M.D. announced that state government would begin verifying vaccination status of its workers.