Business North Carolina

When Richard Bryant and Bobby Edgerton converse, folks often wonder why they call each other “group.” It seems that when they started Capital Investment Group in Raleigh in 1984, the group included two people. The inside joke has become a trademark that reflects a sense of humor and confidence that has undergirded the duo’s efforts for 40 years.

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Weatherby Healthcare, a medical staffing company, will invest $7.6 million and plans to add 155 jobs by 2029 with an expansion in Raleigh. The average salary for the jobs, primarily in sales and recruiting roles, will pay more than $204,640, more than twice the current average wage in Wake County of $74,866. https://lnkd.in/ecqYk2Pf

Blazing a path involves diligence and moving in a direction that has yet to be well traveled. This year’s class of Business North Carolina Trailblazers includes folks who plotted their course, while also helping create jobs and champion their rural communities.

“Coolest Thing Made in NC” competition winners show the diversity of what’s made in the Tar Heel state.

Dogwood Health Trust, the nonprofit created by the sale of Mission Health, says it is donating more than $30 million in relief funding to help western North Carolina recover from Hurricane Helene. https://lnkd.in/eh5DcQSx

Asheville-based HomeTrust Bank reports that it remained functionally operational throughout the storm and that its banking locations received only minimal damage from Hurricane Helene. https://lnkd.in/eWc79fTX

Ingles Markets, Inc. reports that all but 13 of its 198 grocery stores are open for business, but the Asheville-based company adds that a lack of internet service and other connectivity has limited transactions in many locations. https://lnkd.in/e-UMb_ke

Flooding from Hurricane Helene forced Baxter International to temporarily shut down production of its McDowell County facility where 2,500 workers produce primarily intravenous and peritoneal dialysis solutions. The plant, near Marion, is the largest manufacturer of these solutions in the United States, and the largest factory operated by the Deerfield, Illinois-based health products company.

As the mountains’ foliage shows early signs of its autumn splendor, North Carolina tourism chief Wit Tuttell offered a sobering assessment for western North Carolina in Tropical Storm Helene’s aftermath.