Gov. Josh Stein has canceled his inaugural ceremony and other related events planned for this weekend due to forecasts of winter storms that are expected to hit Raleigh overnight Friday.

The Inaugural Committee in North Carolina announced the inauguration of Governor Josh Stein has been canceled due to inclement weather. They said Governor Stein will deliver his inaugural address virtually instead.

North Carolina’s public inauguration ceremony scheduled for Saturday for new Gov. Josh Stein and other statewide elected officials has been canceled because of approaching winter weather.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Josh Stein has moved his inauguration online due to the expected winter weather. The new governor's address will be held on Saturday at 11am. Stein was officially sworn in as North Carolina's 76th governor on Jan. 1, replacing Roy Cooper as the state's top executive.

Inauguration events scheduled for North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein this weekend have been canceled due to weather conditions, state officials said.

Josh Stein is the governor of North Carolina, pledging his oath on Wednesday morning alongside his wife Anna. Stein, 58, succeeds 67-year-old Roy Cooper and continues the pattern of all but three men holding the position being Democrats since 1900.

North Carolina’s latest Democratic governor was sworn in to office Wednesday, as Josh Stein succeeded Roy Cooper once again in a top elected position for the second time in eight years. During a small ceremony inside the old Senate chamber of the 1840 Capitol building,

New Gov. Josh Stein has canceled this weekend's inauguration festivities, he announced Wednesday, citing the potential for winter storms across the state. Stein had previously planned on holding a block party in Raleigh on Saturday to celebrate his 2024,