All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 29 2018 // A North Carolina woman has been arrested and charged with solicitation to obtain property by false pretenses, according to a statement from North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey.Heaven Symone Lassiter, 23, of...
Jan 25 2018 // Attorneys say the family of a boy who died from carbon monoxide poisoning at a North Carolina Best Western hotel in 2013 has agreed to settle wrongful death and injury lawsuits.The family’s attorneys said in a news...
Jan 22 2018 // The Commissioner of Insurance for North Carolina says a recent rate increase of 18.7 percent proposed by North Carolina insurers is unwarranted and has set a hearing date for later this year to resolve the matter.“We...
Jan 16 2018 // A group of insurance and risk management professionals are working together to make a difference in one of North Carolina’s largest cities.The group, Community Matters: Insurance Partners of Charlotte, started in...
Jan 12 2018 // A federal judge wants to streamline lawsuits blaming two companies for releasing a little-understood compound from a North Carolina chemical plant into waters used by hundreds of thousands of people. U.S. District Judge...
Jan 12 2018 // The North Carolina Office of the State Fire Marshal, headed up by North Carolina Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Mike Causey, has established a new Fire Investigations Unit (FIU) to assist the state’s...
Jan 11 2018 // The country’s largest electricity company will pay an $84,000 penalty and work to stop potentially toxic waste from three North Carolina coal-burning power plants from leaking into groundwater and nearby rivers under...
Jan 8 2018 // The Commissioner of Insurance for North Carolina says a recent rate increase of 18.7 percent proposed by North Carolina insurers is unwarranted and has set a hearing date for later this year to resolve the matter.“We...
Jan 8 2018 // The North Carolina Industrial Commission has proposed new rules related to the utilization of opioids, related prescriptions and pain management treatment as a proactive measure aimed at curtailing opioid misuse and...
Jan 5 2018 // A brutal winter storm smacked the coastal Southeast with a rare blast of snow and ice Wednesday, hitting parts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina with their heaviest snowfall in nearly three decades.The same system...
Jan 5 2018 // Vehicle thefts are on the rise again in North Carolina after a decade-long decline. The State Bureau of Investigation says 15,007 vehicles were stolen in North Carolina in 2016. That was nearly 4,000 more stolen vehicles...
Jan 3 2018 // North Carolina officials say elevated levels of an industrial chemical were found on the opposite side of the Cape Fear River from the chemical plant.The Fayetteville Observer reports that the state Department of...
Dec 28 2017 // The North Carolina Industrial Commission has proposed new rules related to the utilization of opioids, related prescriptions, and pain management treatment as a proactive measure aimed at curtailing opioid misuse and...
Dec 27 2017 // A North Carolina man has been charged with four counts each of insurance fraud and obtaining property by false pretense, according to a statement from North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey.Jeffrey Neal Smith,...
Dec 21 2017 // North Carolina’s environmental agency is revising internal policies after complaints the agency under former Republican Gov. Pat McCrory repeatedly failed to investigate when industrial-scale hog farms violate...
Dec 19 2017 // A coastal North Carolina county is trying to find a way to provide fire protection to a remote island after volunteers quit providing service.The Daily Advance of Elizabeth City reports Knotts Island volunteer firefighters...
Dec 18 2017 // A group of insurance and risk management professionals are working together to make a difference in one of North Carolina’s largest cities.The group, Community Matters: Insurance Partners of Charlotte, started in...
Dec 14 2017 // Three fraternities at a University of North Carolina campus have been suspended for hazing and other infractions. The Charlotte Observer reports that the UNC Charlotte’s Office of Student Conduct says Delta Chi,...
Dec 13 2017 // The unregulated compound found in more than 80 drinking water wells near a chemical company’s manufacturing facility in North Carolina has been found in a food product for the first time.Tests found honey collected...
Dec 11 2017 // A North Carolina county recovering from a cyberattack says hackers failed in a second attempt to infiltrate their computer system. Mecklenburg County officials say foreign hackers redoubled their efforts after the county...