Press Releases

A line of strong storms moved across North Carolina Monday afternoon and evening devastating a regional airport, damaging dozens of homes, toppling trees, closing roads and leaving several western North Carolina communities without power.

Governor Roy Cooper has signed a proclamation declaring October 22-28 Financial Aid Awareness Week and urged high school seniors to take advantage of opportunities to seek financial aid. 

Advanced Computer Learning Company, LLC (ACLC), a leader in training development and delivery, educational software programs, and technology systems integration, has selected its Fayetteville headquarters for an expansion that will bring 75 jobs and $612,810 in investment to the area, Governor Roy Cooper announced today.

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper offered congratulations today to community leaders in four North Carolina locations that have worked intensely within their regions to offer Amazon a variety of powerful choices for the company’s second headquarters site.

Ford Porter, press secretary for Governor Roy Cooper, shared the following statement on the North Carolina Senate's proposed constitutional amendment that would require all judges to be elected every two years:

Executive Order No. 24 can be found here.
For more thoughts from Governor Cooper, view Medium post here.

Today, Governor Roy Cooper responded to the legislature’s override of his veto of SB 656:

Today, Gov. Roy Cooper named 21 new appointees to various state boards and commissions, including the North Carolina Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services and the North Carolina Sedimentation Control Commission.

Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced that a wood veneer manufacturer, a regional collaborative for economic development, and four individual North Carolinians have won NCWorks Awards of Distinction for outstanding accomplishments and contributions in workforce development. The awards were presented last evening during a ceremony held in Greensboro.

Today, Governor Cooper met with Secretary of Public Safety Erik Hooks and state prison leaders to discuss the incident at Pasquotank Correctional Institution and action to improve security at state prisons.