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NC IDEA 2025 Holiday Gift Guide

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Media Advisory – U.S. Treasury Department to Host Annual Freedman’s Bank Forum in Raleigh, North Carolina

Community close up: Catawba County

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Pitt County Area Partnership Wins $125,000 NCWorks Local Innovation Grant to Support Reentry

Home for Life Design Case Study

NC IDEA and MDC Announce Release of “Strengthening North Carolina’s Rural Entrepreneurship Future” Report

Morehead City’s barrier island is shrinking. Can oysters and concrete pyramids save it?

NC IDEA and MDC Announce Release of “Strengthening North Carolina’s Rural Entrepreneurship Future” Report

NC IDEA and MDC Announce Release of “Strengthening North Carolina’s Rural Entrepreneurship Future” Report

NC IDEA and MDC announce release of “Strengthening North Carolina’s Rural Entrepreneurship Future” Report; Data from Cumberland, Robeson and Sampson counties reflected