A Vietnamese-based company will build its first North American solar panel manufacturing plant in eastern North Carolina, creating over 900 jobs, officials announced on Friday.
Boviet Solar along with Gov. Roy Cooper and other government officials revealed at an East Carolina University news conference the company’s plans to invest almost $300 million in a 1 million square-foot advanced manufacturing facility in Greenville.
Founded in 2013, Boviet makes solar panels and photovoltaic cells that are already used in the U.S. by commercial, industrial and residential customers, Cooper’s office said in a news release. Boviet also has offices in Germany, China and the U.S., according to a company fact sheet.
Solar panels line the roof of Harmony House as part of a project by Solar Holler in Huntington, W.V.(Sholten Singer/The Herald-Dispatch via AP, File)
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The plant in Greenville, located 85 miles east of Raleigh, will help build company capacity worldwide for high-end solar panels and photovoltaic modules, a Cooper news release said.
“We are proud of bringing our manufacturing excellence to our most important solar market, creating jobs, and making a positive impact on North Carolina’s economy,” Boviet CEO Jimmy Xie was quoted in the governor’s release.
The 908 jobs, expected to be in place by 2028, on average will pay $52,879 annually, which is slightly above the Pitt County average, a state Commerce Department document said.
Boviet also considered alternative sites for the plant in Phoenix and Atlanta, the document said.
Earlier Friday, a state panel approved cash incentives to Boviet of up to $8.3 million over 12 years if it meets job-creation and capital spending thresholds. In all, Boviet is poised to receive $34.6 million in combined state and local incentives for the project, according to the commerce document.
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Another Vietnamese company, electric car manufacturer VinFast, is building a plant in Chatham County that is expected to create thousands of jobs.
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Manchester United are leading the race to sign Republic of Ireland international Denise O’Sullivan from North Carolina Courage.
The midfielder is out of contract when the National Women’s Soccer League season ends in November and would be available on a free transfer in January.
But Mail Sport understands United are expected to make a bid for O’Sullivan this summer.
The 30-year-old, who is a lifelong United fan, has previously been offered a new contract by her current club but it is thought she is open to the move.
Mail Sport reported in December that multiple clubs across Europe were interested in O’Sullivan ahead of her contract expiring this year.
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Manchester United are leading the race to sign Denise O’Sullivan from North Carolina Courage
The midfielder is out of contract in November but the Red Devils will make a bid this summer
O’Sullivan has over 100 caps for the Republic of Ireland and would add some experience to United’s midfield.
During her time at the Courage, she has won two NWSL Championships, two Challenge Cups and three NWSL Shields.
O’Sullivan has previously played in the WSL, having joined Brighton on loan in 2020.
The move came about in order for her to be available for Ireland’s rescheduled Euro 2022 qualifiers, as travelling back and forth from the US would have forced her to undergo three separate two-week periods of quarantine within nine weeks.
O’Sullivan started her career with local Irish side Wilton United before spells with Peamount United and Cork City.
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She enjoyed three successful years with Glasgow City between 2013 and 2016 before making the move across the pond to join Houston Dash.
In 2017, she made the switch to the Courage but has had loan spells with Canberra United and Western Sydney Wanderers.
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Man United lead race to sign North Carolina Courage midfielder Denise O’Sullivan… with the Irish international out of contract later this year
OXFORD, Ala. (WBRC) – Oxford police say they arrested a man accused of abducting a 16-year-old girl from North Carolina. Investigators saythe man and the teen are second cousins and knew one another.
On Friday, May 3, the Oxford Police Department were notified by the sheriff’s office in North Carolina about a 33-year-old man named Richard Maybach, who had potentially abducted a 16-year-old girl from the area.
“The information we received again from Cabarrus County was that they were traveling in a rented white BMW SUV, they had a Nevada tag which officers were able to locate,” says Sgt. Butler.
While on patrol, Oxford investigators say Maybach vehicle was spotted at a local motel on South Quintard Avenue in the Oxford area.
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“Officers were able to make contact with Mr. Maybach at a motel here in town, the Rodeway Inn. They were able to take him into custody and also secure the girl who was in good condition,” says Sgt. Butler.
Helping agencies in the North Carolina area, Sgt. Butler says law enforcement work together as part of a team, and that team stretches across the country.
“For law enforcement agencies to communicate with each other is vital for us to be successful in our rolls and our responsibilities in law enforcement by using different technologies and ways to communicate with one another, and be able to recover a missing juvenile potentially abducted from another state,” says Sgt. Butler.
Oxford investigators saythe girl was sent to Children’s Hospital in Birmingham for evaluation and later picked up by her parents. Richard Maybach is waiting to be extradited back to North Carolina.
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A 16-year-old North Carolina student suspended for using the term “illegal alien” in class is officially taking legal action against the school district for “harsh punishment” and “false accusations of racism.”
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According to the student’s mother, Leah McGhee, in April, an English teacher at Central Davidson High School in Lexington gave a vocabulary assignment that involved the word “alien.” In response, her son Christian asked if the teacher meant “like space aliens or illegal aliens without green cards?”
Another student allegedly took offense to the term and threatened to fight Christian, forcing the teacher to contact the assistant principal. The staff later deemed the term to be offensive to Hispanic students and punished Christian with a three-day suspension.
After the story went viral, the Liberty Justice Center announced Tuesday that they would be representing McGhee in a lawsuit against the Davidson County Board of Education.
The McGhee family is seeking a public apology from the school board and the removal of the suspension from Christian’s record.(iStock)
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“Even though Christian asked a factual, non-threatening question—about a word the class was discussing—the school board branded him with false accusations of racism,” senior counsel at the Liberty Justice Center Buck Dougherty said in a statement. “The school has not only violated his constitutional right to free speech, but also his right to due process and his right to access education, a guaranteed right under North Carolina law. We are proud to stand beside Christian and his family in challenging this egregious violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments.”
According to the attorneys, Christian was prohibited from taking part in a track meet and faced bullying and threats at his school. His parents eventually unenrolled him, and he is completing his semester in a homeschooling program.
Notably, the lawsuit says, the student who allegedly took offense to Christian’s question clarified that he was not actually upset or offended by the term. The lawsuit also cited, “a School administrator’s assertion that harsh punishment was necessary to avoid being ‘unfair’ to students who received the same punishment ‘for saying the N word’—a preposterous comparison.”
The McGhee family removed their son from the school in response to negative backlash after the suspension.(Peter Kneffel/picture alliance )
“School officials have effectively fabricated a racial incident out of thin air and branded our client as a racist without even giving him an opportunity to appeal. Fortunately, young people do not shed their First Amendment rights at school, and we look forward to vindicating Christian’s rights here,” educational freedom attorney at the Liberty Justice Center Dean McGee said.
The lawsuit is calling for the school board to reverse and remove the suspension, along with the claim that he used “racially” motivated language in class, from his record. The family is also seeking a public apology and monetary damages to be determined at the trial.
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In a comment via the Liberty Justice Center, Leah McGhee said, “I have raised our son to reject racism in all its forms, but it is the school, not Christian, that injected race into this incident. It appears that this administration would rather destroy its own reputation and the reputation of my son rather than admit they made a mistake.”
The lawsuit alleges that the school board violated Christian’s First and Fourteenth Amendment rights.(Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty Images/Brian A. Jackson/South Florida Sun Sentinel)
Fox News Digital reached out to the Davidson County Board of Education for a comment.
