Business

Gov. Roy Cooper announced Tuesday that a Lithuanian furniture maker will invest $70 million in the new site, bringing 250 new jobs to Davie County.

Wieland Copper Products is expanding to match rising demand in the HVAC, defense and aerospace industries.

Service workers at Charlotte Douglas International Airport have gone on strike during a busy week of Thanksgiving travel to protest what they say are unlivable wages. Employees of ABM and Prospect Airport Services cast ballots Friday to authorize the work stoppage in North Carolina that started Monday morning.

The White House's Christmas tree is slated to be cut and transported from a North Carolina farm on Wednesday. Cartner's Christmas Tree Farm is located in Avery County, North Carolina. It was one of the hardest-hit counties from Hurricane Helene just a few months before.

Salem Academy and College will be partnering with Mayfair Hospitality Group to renovate a nearly 100-year-old vacant educational building into a boutique hotel. The project is expected to generate $1 million annually. 

In a notice to state officials this month, HanesBrands said the distribution center was focused on the Champion business. With its sale, the company no longer needs it.

As much of western North Carolina works to recover from Helene, some business owners say they’re worried about what they’re calling a “second disaster”: the loss of tourism during peak season.

One of the two companies that manufacture high-purity quartz used for making semiconductors and other high-tech products from mines in a western North Carolina community severely damaged by 

With many western North Carolina residents still lacking power and running water from Hurricane Helene, a hearing began Monday on the insurance industry's request to raise homeowner premium rates statewide by more than 42% on average.