North Carolina
NC visitor spending increased 45% last year
NC customer spending elevated 45% final 12 months
By Coastal Evaluate on August 21, 2022
In comparison with 2020, customer spending throughout the state was up 45% in 2021.
Customer spending was $79 million a day in 2021 statewide, and $6.4 million in visitor-generated taxes per day, in accordance with a examine the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce launched Wednesday.
The numbers present a robust restoration seen from 2020, and for a lot of counties from 2019, officers mentioned. All 100 counties within the state benefited, together with these on the coast. For instance, Dare County spending elevated by 30%, or $1.8 billion, and likewise had a rise in direct tourism staff of 4%, or 12,295. Prime proportion spending will increase from 2020 had been in Gates County, up 83%, and Beaufort County, up 71%. Gates additionally had a 25% enhance in tourism employment.
“The robust financial outcomes for one among our most significant industries converse to the resilience of our native tourism companions and to the state’s enduring enchantment,” mentioned North Carolina Commerce Secretary Machelle Baker Sanders. “We have fun the qualities that make North Carolina a sexy vacation spot and are impressed by the individuals who present guests to our state an impressive journey expertise.”
The preliminary findings are based mostly on an annual customer spending examine commissioned by Go to North Carolina, a unit of the Financial Improvement Partnership of North Carolina, and carried out by Tourism Economics in collaboration with the U.S. Journey Affiliation. The annual spending examine offers preliminary estimates of home and worldwide traveler expenditures in addition to employment, payroll earnings, and state and native tax revenues immediately generated by these expenditures.
The statistical mannequin attracts on detailed information from VisitNC in addition to information derived from federal and state authorities sources, nationally recognized non-public and nonprofit journey organizations, and different journey trade sources.
Home journey statewide elevated in 2021, as worldwide visitation lagged. The spending whole of $28.9 billion fell about 1% beneath the file set in 2019. The sum represents a forty five% enhance from pandemic-stricken 2020.
“Simply as we’re gratified by the achievement statewide in 2021, the county-level report underscores the worth of every vacation spot,” mentioned Wit Tuttell, director of Go to NC. “That is the place vacationers expertise the state, from its pure magnificence to the character of our individuals. It’s additionally the center of the financial affect, the sustenance for hundreds of companies and native governments. We sit up for elevating the arc even increased as we welcome extra individuals to locations they received’t discover wherever else.”
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North Carolina
North Carolina 63-61 NC State (Jan 11, 2025) Game Recap – ESPN
RALEIGH, N.C. — — Ian Jackson scored 21 points and Jalen Washington made the game-winning basket then sealed it with a block to give North Carolina a 63-61 victory over N.C. State on Saturday.
It was tied at 61-all when Washington’s dunk ended the scoring with 24 seconds left. Washington then blocked Jayden Taylor’s layup attempt to end it.
Washington blocked three shots and recorded his first career double-double, scoring 11 points and grabbing 12 rebounds. Jackson made five 3-pointers and finished 8-of-15 shooting. RJ Davis added 11 points for North Carolina (11-3, 7-1 ACC).
Marcus Hill scored 20 points and grabbed nine rebounds for N.C. State (9-7, 2-3), which has lost three of its last four. Taylor added 12 points and Ben Middlebrooks had 14 rebounds.
The Tar Heels led for most of the game and by as many as nine points, 56-47, with about six minutes. Hill scored six points during a 12-2 run to give the Wolfpack a 59-58 advantage with 2:28 remaining.
North Carolina will look to extend its three-game win streak with a home game against California on Wednesday.
N.C. State plays at Virginia Tech on Wednesday.
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North Carolina
North Carolina governor pushes FEMA to extend temporary shelter assistance as winter storm rolls in
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein said he will continue to use every resource at his disposal to ensure that residents impacted by Hurricane Helene stay warm, as winter storms sweep across the state – potentially affecting power grids and other critical infrastructure impacted by the prior storm.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) temporary housing assistance will end Saturday for thousands of North Carolina residents, some of whom are facing frigid temperatures this weekend in the Appalachian Mountain region.
“At our request, FEMA has extended temporary shelter assistance through Tuesday in light of the winter storm impacting western North Carolina,” Stein’s office confirmed to FOX Business.
AMERICANS SPENDING THANKSGIVING IN TENTS AS HEAT, ELECTRICITY, FOOD STILL HARD TO FIND
The Transitional Sheltering Assistance (TSA) program, which cannot be requested and was only granted to survivors identified by FEMA beginning in October, was set to end on Friday and later pushed back to Saturday.
FEMA’s local disaster recovery centers will be closed through Monday, “due to winter weather.”
“I will continue to use every resource at my disposal to get folks into safe and warm shelter,” said Gov. Josh Stein.
North Carolinians started receiving letters on Jan. 3 informing them their hotel or motel rooms would no longer be covered, Fox News Digital reported. When eligibility ends, they are given a week’s notice to check out.
HUNDREDS OF LA HOMES EXPECTED TO BURN IN WILDFIRES
Thousands of Hurricane Helene survivors continue to be supported by the program in western North Carolina, following the September storm.
There are currently 5,600 households currently checked into hotels, according to FEMA.
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The agency said those with questions about eligibility should contact the FEMA helpline at 1-800-621-3362.
Fox News Digital’s Audrey Conklin and Brooke Singman contributed to this article.
North Carolina
North Carolina's starters with Seth Trimble back still unclear
Posted Jan 11, 2025
Who will Coach Hubert Davis start with the return of Seth Trimble and the continued ascent of freshman Ian Jackson? Trimble came off the bench in Tuesday’s win over SMU because the junior guard had only practiced once and hadn’t played since Dec. 21. If Trimble returns to the starting lineup for UNC at N.C. State, it isn’t clear who else will start.
(Tar Heel Tribune)
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