Kevin Ellis

A Rocky Mount-based company that provides parts and services to emergency vehicles will expand into the Transylvania County town of Pisgah Forest with a $1.75 million investment expected to create 10 jobs by 2026.

What would lead the CEO of 21st Century Software Technologies ( 21CS ) to relocate the software development company from Boston to Morehead City? Eddy Ciliendo did mention the fresh seafood available on North Carolina’s Crystal Coast, but the attraction to eastern North Carolina was about more than a good meal, he says.

Fort Liberty is a massive installation with more generals than any place outside of the Washington, D.C., area, some 38 general officer positions. One of the most visible of those positions is held by the commanding general of the XVIIIth Airborne Corps. When the U.S. has to deploy troops in a hurry, particularly to Europe or the Middle East, the call often comes to Fayetteville.

Charlotte-based AvidXchange has missed a job creation target that was part of a 2018 state economic development grant. The N.C. Economic Investment Committee voted this week not to authorize an annual grant as part of the Job Development Investment Grant with AvidXchange. The potential maximum grant was $1.3 million.

Ahold Delhaize USA has named Food Lion executive Greg Finchum as the grocery chain’s new president. Finchum joined Flood Lion in 1989 and had been its vice president of retail operations for more than a decade. He will assume his new role in May.

UNC Health Appalachian has promoted its current chief operating officer,

Cherokee Tobacco will invest more than $14 million to build a manufacturing and distribution operation in Caswell County that is expected to create 39 jobs, according to a release from the state.

A Houston-based manufacturer of power transmission cables will invest $193.7 million in a production facility that is expected to create 333 jobs in Chatham County.

Belmont-based Piedmont Lithium paid out hundreds of thousands of dollars early to three executives to avoid dire consequences of the so-called “Golden Parachute Payments” in the Internal Revenue Code.

After Hurricane Helene hit Henderson County, the Gerton Volunteer Fire Department found itself in the difficult position of trying to respond to emergencies with inadequate equipment. Downed trees and damaged roads made areas impassable with its large fire trucks, says Fire Chief Jay Alley.