2023 in North Carolina

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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]

See also

• 2023 in the United States

References

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 (2023-09-23). "Ophelia weakens to tropical depression as it dumps inches of rain along upper East Coast". CNN. Retrieved 2024-12-14.