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North Carolina Extends Business, Event Restrictions Until Mid-September

Aug 12 2020 // North Carolina’s COVID-19 restrictions keeping some businesses with higher risks for spreading the virus closed and mass gatherings severely limited will remain in place for another five weeks, Gov. Roy Cooper...

Insured Losses From Hurricane Isaias Could Reach $4 Billion in U.S.

Aug 10 2020 // Hurricane Isaias likely caused $4 billion of insured losses in the U.S. and $200 million in the Caribbean, according to risk modelers at Karen Clark & Co.The estimates cover privately insured wind and storm surge...

Update: North Carolina Reports Minor Damage After Strongest Earthquake Since 1916

Aug 10 2020 // The most powerful earthquake to hit North Carolina in more than 100 years shook much of the state early Sunday, rattling homes, businesses and residents.The National Weather Service in Greenville said the 5.1-magnitude...

Judge Upholds Conviction of North Carolina Insurance Magnate in Bribery Case

Aug 10 2020 // A federal judge has upheld the convictions of two men found to be trying to bribe North Carolina’s top insurance regulator with large political contributions so that scrutiny of a defendant’s businesses would...

North Carolina Study: Black Drivers Twice as Likely to be Stopped by Police

Aug 10 2020 // A state study shows that Black drivers in North Carolina are stopped by police at more than twice the rate of white drivers.The Raleigh News & Observer reported Wednesday that roughly 25 out of 100 Black drivers were...

Marginal Flood Risk Remains for North Carolina After Isaias

Aug 6 2020 // At least eight people were killed as Tropical Storm Isaias battered the U.S. East Coast with rain and fierce winds after making landfall as a hurricane in North Carolina. Millions of people were without power on Wednesday...

Destruction from Tropical Storm Isaias Seen Across North Carolina

Aug 5 2020 // Tropical Storm Isaias spawned tornadoes and dumped rain along the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday after making landfall as a hurricane in North Carolina, where it smashed boats together and caused floods and fires that...

Tropical Storm Isaias Left Death, Darkness, Tornadoes, Floods on East Coast

Aug 4 2020 // 08/05/2020 02:06 AM— Tropical Storm Isaias killed at least four people on Tuesday as it made its way up the U.S. Atlantic Coast, including two deaths at a North Carolina trailer park that was struck by a tornado spun off...

Tropical Storm Isaias Spawns Tornadoes, Leaves Thousands Without Power in Carolinas

Aug 4 2020 // After bringing heavy rain and flooding to Florida over the weekend, Tropical Storm Isaias began its attacking up the Southeast coast Monday, killing at least one person after a tornado it spawned obliterated a mobile home...

Tropical Storm Isaias Kills One as Tornadoes Threaten U.S. Northeast

Aug 4 2020 // Tropical Storm Isaias pummeled Virginia on Tuesday on its way toward Washington and other cities of the U.S. Northeast, and killed at least one person after a tornado it spawned obliterated a mobile home park in North...

Isaias Regained Hurricane Strength Before Hitting Carolinas

Aug 3 2020 // HATTERAS ISLAND, N.C., Aug 3, 10:26 PM — Isaias regained hurricane strength on Monday night just hours before it was due to make landfall in the Carolinas and churn its way up the U.S. East Coast toward Washington,...

North Carolina Prepares for Hurricane Isaias Amid Virus Fight

Aug 3 2020 // North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency on Friday to help prepare for Hurricane Isaias, which he said will bring atypical challenges given the longstanding COVID-19 crisis.The emergency declaration,...

North Carolina Capital City Bans Late-Night Alcohol Sales

Jul 24 2020 // A North Carolina mayor has banned alcohol sales in the city after 11 p.m. in an effort to curb the coronavirus spread.Raleigh Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin signed an executive order Monday announcing the sale ban in bars,...

North Carolina Road Test Waived for Adult Drivers License Applicants

Jul 23 2020 // Road tests still aren’t being performed by examiners from the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles due to COVID-19. So now certain adults are exempt from passing one to obtain a regular license. The DMV...

Keystone Adds Kevin Brewer & Associates in North Carolina

Jul 21 2020 // Keystone Insurers Group (Keystone) has continued its expansion in the mid-south region through a partnership with Kevin Brewer & Associates of Charlotte, N.C. According to Jim Trotter, Keystone state vice president for...

North Carolina’s Outer Banks Island Ravaged by Storms, Virus Restrictions

Jul 17 2020 // When Hurricane Dorian pounded the wisp of earth that is Ocracoke Island, a wall of Atlantic seawater flooded Bob Chestnut’s home, surf shop and four vehicles.Seven months later, his shop was ready for business. But...

North Carolina Supreme Court Blocks Order Allowing Bowling Alleys to Reopen

Jul 16 2020 // North Carolina’s highest court has temporarily blocked a judge’s ruling that allowed dozens of North Carolina’s bowling alleys to reopen by overturning a portion of Gov. Roy Cooper’s COVID-19...

Lamb Insurance Services Acquires Prestige Insurance Agency of North Carolina

Jul 13 2020 // Lamb Insurance Services has acquired Prestige Insurance Services, effective July 1, 2020. Gene Dennis, managing client executive of Prestige, and his team will join the company with a focus on expanding service to the...

Jackson Sumner & Associates Names Davis North Carolina Marketing Representative

Jul 10 2020 // Jackson Sumner & Associates (JSA) has appointed Andrew Davis as the North Carolina Marketing representative for the company.Davis is a native of Belmont, N.C., who has been with JSA since 2017 when he joined the...

Health Insurer Centene to Develop $1B North Carolina Regional Hub, Create 3,200 Jobs

Jul 7 2020 // Government health insurance provider Centene Corp. said on Wednesday it will build an East Coast campus in Charlotte, North Carolina, developing a $1 billion construction project that’s expected to create more than...