North Carolina's new Governor, Josh Stein, was forced to shift plans for his inauguration ceremony due to inclement winter weather. Originally scheduled to take place outdoors at the old Capitol building, the public inauguration was canceled, and Stein opted to deliver a televised address indoors in Raleigh instead.
The decision to cancel the outdoor ceremony came in light of forecasts predicting snow, sleet, and freezing rain, prompting the state inaugural committee to call off public festivities, including a block party and official inauguration parties that were postponed to a later date.
