2023 in North Carolina

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Last updated March 16, 2025

The following is a list of events of the year 2023 in North Carolina .

Incumbents

State government

Governor: Roy Cooper (D)

Events

May 18 – A five-alarm fire in SouthPark, Charlotte engulfs and collapses two large buildings under construction, killing two construction workers. Emergency personnel rescue fifteen other workers, one of whom is later hospitalized.^[1]
June 2 – The U.S. Army base at Fort Bragg, named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg, is renamed Fort Liberty.^[2]
September 23 – Tropical Storm Ophelia makes landfall near Emerald Isle.^[3]

References

↑ "South Park Massive Fire in Charlotte, NC". May 18, 2024.
↑ "North Carolina's Fort Bragg sheds Confederate name, becomes Fort Liberty". Reuters . June 2, 2024.
↑ Moshtaghian, Aya Elamroussi,Melissa Alonso,Artemis (September 23, 2023). "Ophelia weakens to tropical depression as it dumps inches of rain along upper East Coast". CNN. Retrieved December 14, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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[1] "South Park Massive Fire in Charlotte, NC". May 18, 2024.

[2] "North Carolina's Fort Bragg sheds Confederate name, becomes Fort Liberty". Reuters . June 2, 2024.

[3] Moshtaghian, Aya Elamroussi,Melissa Alonso,Artemis (September 23, 2023). "Ophelia weakens to tropical depression as it dumps inches of rain along upper East Coast". CNN. Retrieved December 14, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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2023 in North Carolina

Contents

Incumbents

State government

Events

See also

References