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The Buckhorn Flea Market in Orange County was a thriving economic center that sustained Latino residents and many more. It closed on June 30 to make way for a development approved by the City of Mebane.

A nonprofit textile manufacturer in Charlotte, called Lions Services, has multimillion-dollar contracts to produce gear such as backpacks and hydration carriers for the U.S. military. The meticulous sewing is done by a workforce that is mostly blind or visually impaired.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is cementing economic links and cultural amity with North Carolina by visiting the Tar Heel state after a few days in Washington focused on global security issues.

A company that makes containers and injections for vaccines and other drugs will build a new manufacturing plant in eastern North Carolina, creating 400 jobs. The U.S.-based subsidiary of German firm SCHOTT Pharma announced on Monday its plan for the $371 million production facility in Wilson, which should start operating in 2027.

It comes two weeks after its factories in Western North Carolina abruptly closed, leaving hundreds of workers without jobs.

The company employed about 700 people in Taylorsville.

The authority wants to pay for renovations by using $300 million in hotel tax revenue.

The North Carolina Department of Commerce is out with economic distress rankings for all 100 counties.

In an exclusive sit-down interview with ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾'s Rusty Jacobs, Gov. Roy Cooper discusses the 2022 mid-term election, North Carolina politics and more.

Shrinkflation isn't new, experts say. But it proliferates in times of high inflation as companies grapple with rising costs for ingredients, packaging, labor and transportation.