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.

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.

Stein has been the attorney general for the past eight years, following Cooper in the elected law-enforcement post that Cooper himself had held for the 16 years previous.

The New Year means newly-elected state leaders have officially taken office. During his swearing-in ceremony in Raleigh on Wednesday morning, Governor Josh Stein said that he would reject politics of division and that North Carolina will go further when the state works together.

Democrat Josh Stein took the oath of office Wednesday morning in Raleigh, becoming the state’s 76th governor Wednesday morning. He succeeded fellow Democrat Roy Cooper. Public inauguration events will happen January 11 and 12.

A transition of power will happen New Year's Day as North Carolina Governor-elect Josh Stein will be sworn in. Stein will officially be sworn in as the state's 76th governor in Raleigh at 11 a.m. Wrapping up 8 years as North Carolina's Attorney General, Stein was elected governor in November.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov.-elect Josh Stein was officially sworn in as North Carolina's 76th governor Wednesday, replacing Roy Cooper as the state's top executive.

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

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