All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 9 2018 // A North Carolina party bus owner was cited for insurance and license plate problems after a college student fell out of the vehicle last week and died when she was hit by two cars. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police...
May 8 2018 // A North Carolina chemical plant is on shutdown as the company and investigators explore why a worker died. A spokeswoman for Dutch chemical-maker AkzoNobel said Sunday the man fell into an empty tank at the company’s...
May 7 2018 // A federal judge has accepted a settlement that would allow those who lost power for days last summer on two North Carolina islands to divvy up more than $10 million.News outlets report that a federal judge on Wednesday...
May 7 2018 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance has reached a settlement with the North Carolina Rate Bureau to increase homeowners insurance rates statewide by an average of 4.8 percent.The agreement between the two parties...
May 3 2018 // A suspended North Carolina volunteer fire chief has been arrested on felony insurance fraud and embezzlement charges, according to a statement from the North Carolina Department of Insurance.Kenan Wayne Kearney, 44, of...
May 1 2018 // Federal prosecutors have accused a North Carolina man of stealing more than $5 million in federal crop insurance funds over a four-year period. U.S. Attorney Robert J. Higdon Jr. said in a news release multiple charges are...
Apr 27 2018 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey this week toured some of the areas hardest hit by a mid-April tornado, saying the storm damaged more than 1,000 buildings in one county alone.As the clean-up efforts...
Apr 24 2018 // Duke Energy Corp. will pay a $156,000 penalty to for polluting ground and surface waters in North Carolina with potentially toxic coal-ash waste around three power plants, an amount one critic compared to a couple of days...
Apr 23 2018 // Gov. Roy Cooper has declared a state of emergency in two North Carolina counties which suffered major damage from a tornado.Cooper’s declaration Friday for Guilford and Rockingham counties means state government...
Apr 19 2018 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance has reached a settlement with the North Carolina Rate Bureau on homeowner insurance rates that will increase rates statewide by an average of 4.8 percent.The agreement between the...
Apr 18 2018 // A mid-April storm that pushed across the U.S. created a tornado in North Carolina that killed a person, caused widespread power outages in North and South Carolina and caused flooding emergencies in West Virginia and...
Apr 17 2018 // Police have charged a man with setting a fire that engulfed the tennis building at a North Carolina country club.A Durham Police news release said officers and firefighters arrived around 4 a.m. Sunday at Treyburn Country...
Apr 16 2018 // About 207 million eggs supplied by a North Carolina farm are being recalled after more than 20 consumers became ill from suspected salmonella poisoning.The eggs from a Rose Acre Farms facility in Hyde County, North...
Apr 16 2018 // At least three visitors to a private zoo in North Carolina are receiving emergency treatment after a large tree toppled in windy conditions onto a passing sightseeing wagon.It happened Saturday afternoon at Zootastic Park...
Apr 16 2018 // North Carolina’s captive insurance company program, now in its fifth year of operation, has established itself as a leading domicile for captive insurance companies, according to a statement from North Carolina...
Apr 12 2018 // North Carolina should tackle an emerging problem of water and air pollution from little-studied industrial chemicals by beefing up the state’s health and environmental agencies, Gov. Roy Cooper said Tuesday.Cooper...
Apr 11 2018 // North Carolina residents whose community dam was damaged by Hurricane Matthew and later breached by the state have won a $162.5 million judgment against the corporation that owns it.The Fayetteville Observer reports that...
Apr 10 2018 // North Carolina’s captive insurance company program, now in its fifth year of operation, has established itself as a leading domicile for captive insurance companies, according to a statement from North Carolina...
Apr 2 2018 // A preliminary settlement would allow those who lost power for days last summer on two North Carolina islands to divvy up more than $10 million.News outlets report that documents filed in federal court show that PCL Civil...
Apr 2 2018 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance has expanded its criminal investigations division with the addition of 15 new special agents, according to a statement from North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike...