All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 1 2008 // Fido is getting a new name — several, in fact: “plaintiff,” “trustee,” “beneficiary” and even “defendant.”Dogs, cats and creatures of all sorts are being redefined in an...
Mar 31 2008 // Smoke from a wildfire burning for two days in North Carolina’s Sauratown Mountain has clouded the skies over Stokes County, and the fire marshal said the blaze led to several evacuations. Fire Marshal Brad Cheek said...
Mar 31 2008 // North Carolina regulators are preparing to enforce a May 1 deadline to clear the state’s beaches of sandbags that protect homes, hotels and roads.The North Carolina Coastal Resources commission began a meeting in...
Mar 31 2008 // State Farm insurance agent Darin Morton has had a fully functioning fire truck parked in front of his office in the Charlotte, N.C. suburb of Pineville for six years.But The Charlotte Observer reports that...
Mar 27 2008 // Eight people at a Raleigh, N.C. motel have been taken to a hospital after being exposed to carbon monoxide from a faulty water heater.Raleigh Fire Department Division Chief James Poole told the News & Observer of...
Mar 26 2008 // North Carolina officials arrested two suspects on an alleged insurance fraud scheme, according to Insurance Commissioner Jim Long.John Wesley Baum, 30, is behind an insurance fraud scheme in which he helped his alleged...
Mar 25 2008 // Gov. Mike Easley reported that state and local law enforcement officers cited 763 motorists for driving while impaired during a St. Patrick’s Day “Booze It & Lose It” campaign, which ran March 14-17....
Mar 24 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com.Contractors Nuts & Bolts: Lemac &...
Mar 18 2008 // An early morning fire on Sunday destroyed a building housing a museum and gift shop at Tweetsie Railroad.Blowing Rock firefighter Mark Lawrence said the building also housed a concession stand and a first aid area....
Mar 17 2008 // A Wilmington, N.C. fire captain died last week when his helicopter crashed and exploded near the city, authorities said.John Miller was the only passenger in the helicopter, said Sgt. Craig Bredenbeck of the New Hanover...
Mar 12 2008 // A Guilford County, North Carolina company has been fined more than $17,000 for violations found after the death of a teenager who became entangled in a grinder.The News & Record of Greensboro, N.C., reported that the...
Mar 12 2008 // Raleigh, N.C.-based Global Risk Holdings acquired Maitland, Fla.-based North American Risk Services from Clarendon National Insurance Co., according to NARS officials. Global Risk Holdings, in conjunction with members of...
Mar 10 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com.Blanket Accident Insurance Nuts &...
Mar 10 2008 // Last-minute surprises closed out North Carolina’s candidate filing period Feb. 29, as hundreds of candidates began their official runs for elected office.Former House co-Speaker Richard Morgan, a Republican insurance...
Mar 7 2008 // Officials at the North Carolina Department of Insurance released a notice of hearing in the 2008 auto insurance rate case, in which the insurance industry requested a 13 percent average statewide increase in auto rates....
Mar 4 2008 // The North Carolina Insurance Commissioner received the annual auto insurance rate filing from the North Carolina Rate Bureau, according to Insurance Commissioner Jim Long.The Bureau, which represents the auto insurance...
Mar 4 2008 // When asked how his colleagues and staff took the news from North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long that he was departing public life, he said, “I think they’re just wondering who will stir things up and...
Mar 3 2008 // North Carolina lifted an outdoor burning ban, hoping to burn off excess forest debris in preparation for the spring fire season. Outdoor burning became allowable after noon on March 1. Officials said recent rainfall has...
Feb 25 2008 // Education of the masses emerged as an agreed-upon strategy regarding proposed mandatory installation of sprinkler systems in certain new residential structures in North Carolina.The North Carolina Building Code...
Feb 22 2008 // North Carolina firefighters fought a large brush fire Wednesday that damaged a dozen homes in a Charlotte neighborhood.Charlotte Fire Department Capt. Rob Brisley said the fire heavily damaged two of the homes. Brisley...