The State Climate Office of North Carolina announced this week that they are welcoming a new director who will also serve as the State Climatologist. Kathie Dello comes to the Southeast from Oregon, where she was the Associate Director of the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute and Deputy Director of the Oregon Climate Service, the state climate office for Oregon. You can read more about her and the office at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=285&h=5666e5c1.