British-based GKN Driveline will expand operations at its five facilities in North Carolina. The company plans to add a total of 302 jobs and invest at least $179 million in Alamance, Catawba, Lee, Maiden and Person counties. 

Sen. Brent Jackson's farming business has applied for a $925,000 grant from a program the Sampson County Republican helped create through a 2013 law he drafted and pitched as a needed economic development tool for rural North Carolina.

Research from North Carolina State University and American University finds that so-called "capacity grants" lead to long-term financial growth for nonprofit organizations - regardless of what the grants are for. 

Twelve organizations in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia will share $777,879 in new grants from Duke Energy's Water Resources Fund to support environmental and wildlife programs.

In recent years, North Carolina has emerged as a leader in the solar energy market, ranking third nationally for solar capacity behind California and Arizona. More than 200 solar-related companies exist in the state and approximately 2,436 megawatts of solar power has been installed.

A Colorado energy developer has broken ground on a $100 million facility in Duplin County that the company said will be the largest of its type in the nation, and will produce natural gas out of swine waste and other agricultural by-products.

Researchers at North Carolina State University and other schools nationwide are researching ways to help Christmas trees keep their needles in hopes of making them more attractive to buyers.

The acquisition was made possible by a generous contribution of $350,000 from Fred and Alice Stanback and a $13,000 grant from the Conservation Trust for North Carolina's Mountain Revolving Loan Fund Mini-Grant Program.

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