All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Nov 30 2018 // North Carolina’s governor is asking Congress for more federal funding to recover from Hurricane Florence, saying the total $8.8 billion requested is comparable to the help Washington has provided for other disasters...
Nov 29 2018 // A North Carolina-based health provider says more than 2 million of its patients may have had personal information compromised in a data breach of billing information.News outlets report Atrium, headquartered in Charlotte,...
Nov 28 2018 // Floodwaters rose about 15 inches (40 centimeters) into Danielle Rees’ home in September when Hurricane Florence drenched this tidewater city on the Pamlico River and overwhelmed a local creek and marshland. The first...
Nov 27 2018 // Two tornadoes have caused damage in coastal North Carolina. The National Weather Service said two tornadoes touched down Saturday afternoon. One tornado hit Emerald Isle and the other hit near Cape Carteret. There were no...
Nov 27 2018 // State environmental officials have proposed a consent order calling on a North Carolina chemical plant to reduce emissions of a compound and pay a $12 million civil penalty.The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality said...
Nov 26 2018 // A North Carolina school system and its insurance carrier have agreed to pay $1.5 million to a woman whose left leg was amputated after she fell at a school in 2015. The News & Observer of Raleigh reports Karen Clark...
Nov 15 2018 // Authorities have identified a man who was killed in an industrial accident in North Carolina. The Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office said 44-year-old William A. Villatoro of Bayshore, New York, was part of a team...
Nov 15 2018 // North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler says his agency needs the full $250 million he requested for cash payments to farmers with destroyed crops and dead livestock from Hurricane Florence and another...