January’s Business North Carolina was 100 pages and featured a cover story on Samaritan’s Purse. The story highlighted Franklin Graham’s leadership and the work being done in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene.This is also the Legal Elite issue, which featured 17 category winners and more than 1,000 attorneys to make the list from across the state as selected by their peers. The other feature story previewed the changes in state government with the election of a new governor and new House speaker. NC Trend stories were on a company’s move from Boston to Morehead City; the probability of several prominent CEOs retiring soon; rising home insurance rates; and our panel of expert stock pickers. The edition also featured the debut of Bill Horner’s “Rural Route” column, this one on Siler City. Sponsored Content included a profile of Stanly County, a Round Table on Advocacy, an NC Portrait on Braswell Egg Farm; a look back at the HR Summitt; Orthopedic care for an aging NC population; and a Power List int
