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BIZ TECH September 26th, 2022

Get YOU Found Digital Marketing acquires Mitro Digital Marketing

Get YOU Found Digital Marketing announces its acquisition of Mitro Digital Marketing, a web design and digital marketing firm with two North Carolina offices, one in the Outer Banks and another in Raleigh. Co-founders Ed Kuhlenkamp and Peter Raines will continue to be in charge of statewide operations from the current Get YOU Found Digital…Read More from Get YOU Found Digital Marketing acquires Mitro Digital Marketing

by WOBX staff

BIZ GOV TECH Top Stories August 31st, 2022

State awards more grants to expand high-speed internet across Outer Banks, northeast N.C.

Internet service providers on the Outer Banks and in northeastern North Carolina are sharing in $206 million in state grants awarded this summer that the companies and state say will expand access to high-speed internet with speeds topping 100 megabits per second. Governor Roy Cooper announced Wednesday nearly 85,000 households and more than 2,400 businesses…Read More from State awards more grants to expand high-speed internet across Outer Banks, northeast N.C.

by Sam Walker

GOV TECH Visitor Economy August 30th, 2022

North Carolina State Parks launches new website

The N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation will launch a new website Aug. 30. The new site will still be accessed at www.ncparks.gov, but will offer many new features including improved navigability, user- and mobile-friendliness and accessibility. The old state parks website was built in 2015 and was in great need of modernization. Using extensive input…Read More from North Carolina State Parks launches new website

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TECH August 22nd, 2022

COA Virtual STEM Program receives INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine’s 2022 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award

College of The Albemarle’s Virtual STEM Program received the 2022 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the largest and oldest diversity and inclusion publication in higher education. The Inspiring Programs in STEM Award honors colleges and universities that encourage and assist students from underrepresented groups to enter the fields of science,…Read More from COA Virtual STEM Program receives INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine’s 2022 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award

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Out & About TECH August 11th, 2022

Youngest male to attempt solo flight around the world scheduled to stop on Outer Banks

If weather holds and barring any mechanical or pre-logistical issues, Mack Rutherford is expected to land at the First Flight Airstrip on Saturday at 2 p.m. Check the First Flight Foundation page on Facebook for the latest. EARLIER STORY The Rutherfords of Belgium are a family of flight. Sam Rutherford and Beatrice DeSmet are the…Read More from Youngest male to attempt solo flight around the world scheduled to stop on Outer Banks

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BIZ GOV TECH August 4th, 2022

Gov. Cooper addresses offshore wind potential at task force meeting in Elizabeth City, tours Dominion turbine off Virginia Beach

Governor Roy Cooper joined Dominion Energy CEO Robert M. Blue on Thursday to observe Dominion Energy wind turbines off the coast of Virginia Beach and addressed the third North Carolina Taskforce for Offshore Wind Economic Resource Strategies (NC TOWERS) meeting in Elizabeth City. “The potential for reliable, affordable offshore wind energy in North Carolina that…Read More from Gov. Cooper addresses offshore wind potential at task force meeting in Elizabeth City, tours Dominion turbine off Virginia Beach

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TECH August 4th, 2022

Ocracoke Observer: Wireless broadband project in trial phase on Ocracoke

By Connie Leinbach, OcracokeObserver.com Two communications outages in the spring that knocked out internet cell service and phone land lines got some locals rattled enough to rally. Those outages, reported online at http://www.ocracokeobserver.com, resulted when fiber cables were accidentally cut during repairs in two different locations in Dare County. Ocracoke’s county commissioner, Randal Mathews, was…Read More from Ocracoke Observer: Wireless broadband project in trial phase on Ocracoke

by Sam Walker

BIZ GOV TECH July 23rd, 2022

State grants to expand broadband access in Hyde, Chowan, Bertie counties

Nearly 7,000 households and 374 businesses in 12 N.C. counties are set to receive high-speed internet thanks to more than $23.4 million in grants. The N.C. Department of Information Technology’s (NCDIT) Broadband Infrastructure Office has awarded Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology (GREAT) grants to expand broadband infrastructure in the following counties: Alexander County:…Read More from State grants to expand broadband access in Hyde, Chowan, Bertie counties

by WOBX staff

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Get YOU Found Digital Marketing acquires Mitro Digital Marketing

State awards more grants to expand high-speed internet across Outer Banks, northeast N.C.

North Carolina State Parks launches new website

COA Virtual STEM Program receives INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine’s 2022 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award

Youngest male to attempt solo flight around the world scheduled to stop on Outer Banks

Gov. Cooper addresses offshore wind potential at task force meeting in Elizabeth City, tours Dominion turbine off Virginia Beach

Ocracoke Observer: Wireless broadband project in trial phase on Ocracoke

State grants to expand broadband access in Hyde, Chowan, Bertie counties