Roy Asberry Cooper III is an American attorney and politician,serving as the 75th governor of North Carolina since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the 49th attorney general of North Carolina from 2001 to 2017. He also served in the North Carolina General Assembly in both the House of Representatives (1987–1991) and Senate (1991–2001).
The Lowcountry is a geographic and cultural region along South Carolina's coast,including the Sea Islands. The region includes significant salt marshes and other coastal waterways,making it an important source of biodiversity in South Carolina.
Queen Anne's Revenge was an early-18th-century ship,most famously used as a flagship by Edward Teach,better known by his nickname Blackbeard. Although the date and place of the ship's construction are uncertain,it was originally believed she was built for merchant service in Bristol,England in 1710 and named Concord,later captured by French privateers and renamed La Concorde. After several years' service by French sailors,she was captured by Blackbeard in 1717. Blackbeard used the ship for less than a year,but captured numerous prizes using her as his flagship.
The North Carolina Cabinet is the group of unelected heads of the executive departments of the Government of North Carolina. It is separate and distinct from the North Carolina Council of State,the members of which are elected statewide,and which makes up the rest of the executive leadership of the government. All cabinet secretaries are appointed by the governor.
The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (NCMNS) is the largest museum of its kind in the Southeastern United States. It is the oldest established museum in North Carolina,located in Raleigh. In 2013,it had about 1.2 million visitors,and it was the state's most known museum or historic destination among visitors.
The State Library of North Carolina is an institution which serves North Carolina libraries,state government employees,genealogists,and the citizens of North Carolina. The library is the main depository for North Carolina state publications and serves the needs of North Carolina government agencies and state government employees by providing access to information resources that are vital to public decision-making and economic development.
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) is an agency of the government of North Carolina that focuses on the preservation and protection of natural resources and public health. The Department is headed by the Secretary of Environmental Quality,who is appointed by the Governor of North Carolina and is a member of the North Carolina Cabinet. The Department of Environmental Quality was formed in 2015 and it was preceded by the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources,which was formed in 1971 by the North Carolina Executive Reorganization Act. The current secretary is Dionne Delli-Gatti,who was appointed to the role by Governor Roy Cooper.
Dale Robbins Folwell is an American politician who has been the North Carolina State Treasurer since 2017. A Republican from Winston-Salem,North Carolina,Folwell spent four terms in North Carolina House of Representatives,including a term as speaker pro tempore from 2011 to 2013. He was head of the state's Division of Employment Security in the administration of Governor Pat McCrory from 2013 to 2015. He was elected State Treasurer in the 2016 election,taking office on January 1,2017. Folwell was reelected to a second term in 2020,defeating Democratic challenger Ronnie Chatterji.
Town Creek Indian Mound is a prehistoric Native American archaeological site located near present-day Mount Gilead,Montgomery County,North Carolina,in the United States. The site,whose main features are a platform mound with a surrounding village and wooden defensive palisade,was built by the Pee Dee,a South Appalachian Mississippian culture people that developed in the region as early as 980 CE. They thrived in the Pee Dee River region of North and South Carolina during the Pre-Columbian era. The Town Creek site was an important ceremonial site occupied from about 1150—1400 CE. It was abandoned for unknown reasons. It is the only ceremonial mound and village center of the Pee Dee located within North Carolina.
Dominion Energy,Inc.,commonly referred to as Dominion,is a North American power and energy company headquartered in Richmond,Virginia that supplies electricity in parts of Virginia,North Carolina,and South Carolina and supplies natural gas to parts of Utah,Idaho and Wyoming,West Virginia,Ohio,Pennsylvania,North Carolina,South Carolina,and Georgia. Dominion also has generation facilities in Indiana,Illinois,Connecticut,and Rhode Island.
Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve is a joint project between the North Carolina state park system and the Town of Cary in Wake County,North Carolina in the United States. Located in Cary,it covers approximately 140-acre (0.57 km2) in the Research Triangle region of the state. The state owns 97-acre (0.39 km2) of the preserve,known as Hemlock Bluffs State Natural Area. The Town of Cary owns approximately 42-acre (0.17 km2) of the preserve,and the town leases the state's land for management. The preserve protects a population of Eastern Hemlock trees and other vegetation more typically found further west,in the Appalachian Mountains. The tall,north-facing bluffs of Swift Creek provide conditions similar enough to the mountains to have allowed the plant communities to have survived there since the last ice age.
Patricia Earlene "Pat" McElraft is a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. She has represented the 13th district since 2007. She is currently one of the Deputy Majority Whips. McElraft announced in December 2021 that she would not run for reelection in 2022.
The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources is a cabinet-level department within the state government of North Carolina dedicated to overseeing projects in the arts,culture,and history within the borders of the state. The current Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources,the cabinet-level officer who oversees the Department,is D. Reid Wilson. Wilson has been in office since January 2021 and was immediately preceded by Susi Hamilton,who served as secretary from 2017 to 2020
Susan Wear Kluttz is a former Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources and was formerly the longest-serving mayor of Salisbury,North Carolina.
Grimsby GO Station is a proposed commuter rail station on the GO Transit train and bus network in Southern Ontario,Canada. Located in the town of Grimsby in the Regional Municipality of Niagara,it would be a stop on the Lakeshore West line,east of the proposed Confederation GO Station in Hamilton. It was expected to open in 2021 and would have been the first station to open in the planned Niagara extension,which will also include stops at St. Catharines and Niagara Falls stations.
Deborah Armfield "Deb" Butler is an American politician and attorney serving as a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives,where she has served since 2017. She represents the 18th House District,covering a portion of New Hanover County,as a member of the Democratic Party.
Kyle Hall is a businessman and politician,currently serving in the North Carolina House of Representatives.
