/tags/randolph-county Randolph County en-US Copyright Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:39:49 GMT /business-economy/2025-02-05/toyotas-north-carolina-factory-ev-batteries The company will hire more than 5,000 workers to make batteries for hybrid and electric cars as part of Toyota's approach to encouraging EV ownership in the United States. Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:39:49 GMT /business-economy/2025-02-05/toyotas-north-carolina-factory-ev-batteries Bradley George /business-economy/2024-03-13/north-carolina-battery-belt-ev-manufacturing-rural-economy-toyota Nearly two dozen “clean energy” projects have been built or proposed in North Carolina, many in counties that have been ravaged by job losses in textiles, furniture, and other industries. Wed, 13 Mar 2024 11:47:26 GMT /business-economy/2024-03-13/north-carolina-battery-belt-ev-manufacturing-rural-economy-toyota Jay Price /news/2023-10-31/toyota-invest-billion-randolph-battery-plant The location near Greensboro will serve as Toyota’s epicenter of lithium-ion battery production in North America. It will be a key supplier for the Kentucky-based plant tasked with building Toyota's first U.S.-made electric vehicles. Tue, 31 Oct 2023 16:29:25 GMT /news/2023-10-31/toyota-invest-billion-randolph-battery-plant Bradley George /politics/2023-03-22/black-farmers-funding-north-carolina-legislature More than 50 Black farmers came to Raleigh Wednesday to lobby lawmakers for more funding in the state budget. Wed, 22 Mar 2023 17:26:35 GMT /politics/2023-03-22/black-farmers-funding-north-carolina-legislature Colin Campbell /news/2023-01-23/state-lawmakers-propose-power-grid-protections-attacks-nc Attacks last month in Moore County, North Carolina, knocked out power to more than 45,000 customers for several days. Those attacks, and others in Washington, Oregon, South Carolina and Nevada, have underscored the vulnerability of the nation’s far-flung electrical grid, which security experts have long warned could be a target for domestic extremists. Mon, 23 Jan 2023 11:46:04 GMT /news/2023-01-23/state-lawmakers-propose-power-grid-protections-attacks-nc Associated Press /news/2023-01-17/gunfire-damages-randolph-county-substation-no-outage-caused EnergyUnited says that an alarm early Tuesday alerted it to an equipment problem at the substation in Randolph County, north of Charlotte. It said that crews found damage to the substation from an apparent gunshot. Wed, 18 Jan 2023 00:34:31 GMT /news/2023-01-17/gunfire-damages-randolph-county-substation-no-outage-caused Associated Press /news/2022-12-01/north-carolina-revised-county-economic-distress-rankings The North Carolina Department of Commerce is out with economic distress rankings for all 100 counties. Thu, 01 Dec 2022 15:54:53 GMT /news/2022-12-01/north-carolina-revised-county-economic-distress-rankings Bradley George /news/2022-06-07/8-north-carolina-historic-places-added-to-national-registry Seven of the sites are in central North Carolina and the other is in the western part of the state. Tue, 07 Jun 2022 13:20:14 GMT /news/2022-06-07/8-north-carolina-historic-places-added-to-national-registry Joe Jurney, Bradley George /business-economy/2021-12-06/toyota-build-billion-battery-plant-greensboro-nc State officials have scheduled a Monday afternoon news conference to announce a major economic development project at an 1,800-acre plot called the Greensboro-Randolph Megasite about 20 miles southeast of Greensboro. Mon, 06 Dec 2021 17:33:30 GMT /business-economy/2021-12-06/toyota-build-billion-battery-plant-greensboro-nc Associated Press /education/2014-09-26/in-nc-schools-theres-one-counselor-for-every-400-students During lunchtime, school counselor Kim Hall takes a break from her desk and roams the hallways of Providence Grove High School.On her five-minute walk,… Fri, 26 Sep 2014 11:41:13 GMT /education/2014-09-26/in-nc-schools-theres-one-counselor-for-every-400-students Reema Khrais