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Rep. Richard Hudson toured the Ingersoll Rand facility in Southern Pines on Wednesday. The company and the National Association of Manufacturers hosted the event.

Hudson, a Republican, also participated in an employee town hall and workforce development roundtable, according to a statement released by his office.

Charlotte took center stage Friday afternoon for a landmark announcement about retirement.

President Donald Trump arrived in Charlotte where he signed an executive order, "Strengthening Retirement Security in America," to make it easier for small businesses to group together to provide their workers with retirement plans.

Mark Harris, who is running for North Carolina's 9th Congressional District, was grateful that Trump's motorcade rolled through town Friday, in large part, to host a fundraiser supporting his campaign.

FAYETTEVILLE — Although top national environmental regulators confirmed GenX and related chemical compounds are used to produce solar panel components, they say their research does not prioritize what risks that might pose to the environment and human health.

Peter Grevatt, national director of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water in Washington, D.C., recently told Carolina Journal the GenX solar concern “is one that’s in a much broader set of challenges.”

Waiting is no longer an option, two public utilities in the Cape Fear region have decided. No matter what happens next with GenX and related compounds that are in the river, it’s time to end their customers’ exposure to the toxic chemical soup that’s flowing through the river. The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority is moving toward installing a granulated activated carbon filtration system on the water-treatment plant serving the Wilmington area to remove GenX and other per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from its customers’ water.