{"id":4753,"date":"2026-07-16T13:34:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=4753"},"modified":"2026-07-16T13:34:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:34:52","slug":"state-budget-has-185m-to-replace-nc-states-poe-hall-work-is-underway-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=4753","title":{"rendered":"State budget has $185M to replace NC State\u2019s Poe Hall. Work is underway on campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"summary\">AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/nation-world\/national\/article280707640.html\">Read our AI Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NC State University is officially demolishing Poe Hall, a building that\u2019s caused the school, and its community, both headaches and heartbreaks.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=4751\">Brianna Chickenfry Slams Bunnie Xo for &#8216;Protecting&#8217; Jelly Roll Amid Divorce<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The school\u2019s board of trustees voted to move forward with the project Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina\u2019s long-awaited state budget provides $185 million for the demolition and eventual reconstruction of the building, which once housed NC State\u2019s education department. Poe Hall is full of harmful chemicals known as PCBs \u2014 and a group of former occupants claim their time in the building is the cause of the cancer they later developed. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/local\/education\/article314993445.html\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">federal investigation<\/a> found high levels of both chemicals and certain kinds of cancer, but couldn\u2019t definitively link the two.<\/p>\n<p>The budget was passed by the General Assembly and then signed into law by the governor last week.<\/p>\n<p>The university has yet to share a timeline or detailed information on the demolition, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/local\/education\/article315961964.html\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">the federal Environmental Protection Agency approved this spring<\/a>. The building is currently surrounded by dark fencing, with workers coming in and out of its back doors.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=4749\">2 NC cities rank among worst in the US for bed bugs, Orkin says. Here\u2019s where<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While the demolition marks an important milestone, litigation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/local\/education\/article314468371.html\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">against the school<\/a> from a group of sickened people who once worked or studied in the building remains active. Both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/local\/education\/article314585756.html\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">that group<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/local\/education\/article312340248.html\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">the university<\/a> are in turn suing Monsanto, the company that manufactured PCBs.<\/p>\n<p>The insured value of Poe Hall is just under $50 million, according to Alicia Knight, senior associate vice chancellor of finance and administration at NC State.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=4747\">Is &#8216;Little House on the Prairie&#8217; Returning for Season 2 After Cast Changes?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NC State will demolish Poe Hall after EPA approval; the state budget provides $185M for removal and reconstruction amid PCB contamination and ongoing litigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-read-todays-edition"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>State budget has $185M to replace NC State\u2019s Poe Hall. 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