All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 21 2019 // John Doyle, president and CEO of global insurance broker Marsh, announced the appointments of key leaders for regional, specialty and placement teams worldwide that will be effective upon closing of the acquisition by...
Jan 17 2019 // The North Carolina Industrial Commission’s Compliance and Fraud Investigative Division collected more than $3.2 million in penalties and issued 289 criminal charges at the end of the first two quarters of Fiscal Year...
Jan 16 2019 // A North Carolina restaurant has been fined by federal officials who say it violated minimum wage and child labor laws. The U.S. Department of Labor announced in a news release that Max’s Pizza in Surf City was fined...
Jan 15 2019 // Utility crews worked late into Sunday to restore power to western North Carolina residents and businesses that lost electricity due to freezing rain and sleet this weekend.Duke Energy and electric cooperatives reported...
Jan 14 2019 // Freezing rain and sleet this weekend knocked out power to northwestern North Carolina residents and businesses. Duke Energy reports roughly 140,000 customers in the region were without electricity Sunday morning, with more...
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...