All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 11 2019 // North Carolina park officials on the Outer Banks are working to slow the pace of a massive sand dune that’s slowly being pushed each year by winds. The Virginian-Pilot reports that the dune known as Jockey’s...
Jan 8 2019 // Police in a North Carolina city are investigating a series of robberies at restaurants or other businesses. Late Saturday night, Greensboro police said a man with a gun robbed cash from a Dunkin Donuts and fled. About an...
Jan 7 2019 // For the seventh year in a row, the Florida insurance industry, regulators, and consumer advocates will push for reforms to the state’s assignment of benefits issue that has now become an insurance crisis, according...
Jan 7 2019 // Lessons from Past Storms and Economic Changes Suggest Rebuilding Efforts After Florence Will Be ArduousAs the saying goes – location is everything. Following the two largest U.S. hurricanes this year, Hurricane...
Jan 2 2019 // The fatal mauling of a zoo intern by a lion that escaped from a locked pen illustrates the need for North Carolina regulators to crack down on unaccredited exhibitors of dangerous animals, animal welfare advocates said...
Dec 31 2018 // It was a busy year in the Southeast with two major hurricanes that wreaked havoc on the region, an escalating insurance crisis in Florida, and a new industry-specific cybersecurity law in South Carolina that takes effect...
Dec 27 2018 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau (NCRB) has requested a 17.4 percent increase in homeowners’ insurance rates from the North Carolina Department of Insurance, effective Oct. 1, 2019.According to the NCDOI, the NCRB...
Dec 21 2018 // An appeals court has upheld a libel ruling against a North Carolina newspaper that resulted in a $6 million award for a firearms expert whose work was questioned in articles.The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled...
Dec 20 2018 // A federal judge in North Carolina has shut down a lawsuit against a Smithfield Foods hog feeding operation by some neighbors who complained of odors, flies and noises.U.S. District Judge David Faber on Dec. 13 declared...
Dec 19 2018 // A construction company whose employee died after falling out of an elevator has been cited for safety violations.WBTV-TV reports that the North Carolina Department of Labor announced that Gilbane Building Company is...
Dec 19 2018 // A North Carolina school bus overturned after it was hit by a car on Monday, sending 13 middle school students to the hospital.Twelve of the students had minor injuries in the crash in Alexander County, while one was in...
Dec 18 2018 // Republican legislators have rejected another candidate from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper for the North Carolina Industrial Commission.The House voted 34-59 on Thursday against confirming Judge Robby Hassell of Greensboro....
Dec 17 2018 // Home and business owners suffering damages from Hurricane Florence are getting a little more time to request federal government aid.Gov. Roy Cooper announced Thursday’s previous deadline to apply for Federal...
Dec 17 2018 // PG&E Safety“To operate the grid in a safe manner, PG&E must be able to sign contracts and raise capital.” — Michael Picker, president of the California Public Utilities Commission, said utilities...
Dec 12 2018 // Seesawing temperatures across several southern states were gradually melting snow from a wintry storm, but also “transforming slushy roads into treacherous ice,” one governor warned Tuesday.Scores of schools in...
Dec 11 2018 // Residents walked instead of driving cars and children enjoyed another day of building snowmen with school canceled Monday after a wintry storm dropped snow, sleet or freezing rain across five southern states.Accidents on...
Dec 10 2018 // A massive storm brought snow, sleet, and freezing rain across a wide swath of the South on Sunday – causing dangerously icy roads, immobilizing snowfalls and power losses to hundreds of thousands of people.North...
Dec 7 2018 // The largest penalty a polluter has paid North Carolina should change the way one of the country’s biggest chemical companies makes compounds that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said appear dangerous even in...
Dec 4 2018 // Nearly $300 million in additional state spending to address North Carolina’s recovery from Hurricane Florence received quick and unanimous approval from the state legislature and the governor. The House voted...
Dec 3 2018 // A study performed for a chemical-maker accused of polluting North Carolina’s longest river finds the entire waterway used by thousands for drinking water is laced with industrial compounds. The Cape Fear Public...