All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 29 2021 // E-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc. has agreed to pay $40 million to North Carolina to settle a lawsuit by the state accusing it of marketing its products to minors.The settlement, announced on Monday by North Carolina...
Jun 25 2021 // A bipartisan effort to legalize marijuana for medical use in North Carolina got a legislative committee hearing on Wednesday. But it’s unclear whether enough legislators are ready now to alter their views on pot to...
Jun 23 2021 // Burns & Wilcox announced the purchase of an office building located in Morehead City, North Carolina at 800 Arendell. The newly acquired building is already the home of the company’s Morehead City-based...
Jun 22 2021 // A task force has been formed with the aim of saving the main highway on North Carolina’s Outer Banks from storms, erosion and sea level rise.The Virginian-Pilot reported last week that the task force will focus on...
Jun 21 2021 // A North Carolina sheriff’s office has agreed to a $6 million settlement in a lawsuit in which six families accused the department of a pattern of using excessive force doled out by deputies who had allegedly referred...
Jun 15 2021 // The constitutional right of North Carolina’s children to have access to a good public school education also applies to individual students who aren’t getting help to stop classroom bullying and harassment...
Jun 14 2021 // Tropical Depression Two has formed off the coast of North Carolina and is heading away from the United States, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Monday. The depression is expected to become a tropical storm...
Jun 10 2021 // As the number of fire deaths rises in North Carolina, Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Mike Causey organized a team of firefighters and volunteers last weekend, not to battle a blaze or answer medical calls,...
Jun 10 2021 // Accelerant, a technology-based insurance platform, has acquired Agribusiness Risk Underwriters (ARU), a provider of poultry farm insurance product development, underwriting and loss control.ARU was founded in 2016 in...
Jun 4 2021 // A former North Carolina deputy is suing a sheriff over his requirement for employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine.Christopher Neve, the former Durham County deputy, is asking a court to force Sheriff Clarence Birkhead to...
Jun 3 2021 // Legislation that would spend $220 million in part to shore up highways, rivers and coastal areas prone to flooding so that North Carolina can better withstand the next big storm cleared a House committee on Tuesday.Some...
May 19 2021 // Young drivers whose attempts to get their North Carolina provisional license were stymied by COVID-19 pandemic delays in the past year would get a timing break under legislation headed to Gov. Roy Cooper’s desk. The...
May 13 2021 // Millers Mutual Insurance, a regional property and casualty insurance carrier focused on multifamily housing, is expanding into North Carolina. As of July 1, 2021, Millers Mutual will offer property & casualty insurance...
May 10 2021 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey is warning people to be on alert for insurance scams after the North Carolina Department of Insurance received a report of scam artists going door-to-door claiming to be...
Apr 30 2021 // The pilot of a Duke Energy helicopter was killed Wednesday when the aircraft went down in a wooded area while surveying power lines, officials said.Spokesman Jeff Brooks confirmed late Wednesday night that the pilot was...
Apr 23 2021 // West Town Insurance Agency, Inc. has added Amy S. Roberson, a business development professional in the medical industry with over 10 years of experience, to the company as an insurance producer, effective April 1,...
Apr 19 2021 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance has ended its legal dispute with the North Carolina Rate Bureau on its proposed 18.7% dwelling insurance rate increase, averting a potentially costly administrative battle with...
Apr 7 2021 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) have launched a campaign designed to inform and educate the driving public, especially parents and young drivers, about the peril of distracted driving, which...
Mar 31 2021 // It’s been over a month since a tornado tore through southeastern Brunswick County.In Ocean Ridge Plantation, the neighborhood that bore the brunt of the storm damage, some homeowners remain in limbo. Carol Phillips...
Mar 23 2021 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau has filed a request with the North Carolina Department of Insurance to increase insurance rates for mobile home policies.The NCRB, which represents insurance companies and is not a part of...