All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Dec 11 2017 // An unusually heavy December snowfall across much of the Deep South tapered off Saturday, but icy road conditions left problems and thousands remained without electricity throughout the region.Forecasters warned that...
Dec 11 2017 // Atlas Insurance Management, a captive insurance management firm, has hired Gail Olsen as senior vice president – Finance & Compliance. Based in the firm’s Charlotte, N.C., office, Olsen brings to Atlas over 25...
Dec 8 2017 // A major pork producer must live up to an agreement it signed 11 years ago and work on cleaning up water pollution tied to almost a dozen industry-scale hog operations, a federal judge ruled this week.Murphy-Brown LLC must...
Dec 8 2017 // Deputies processed arrests by hand and building code officers used paper records Wednesday as one of North Carolina’s largest counties was hit by a hacker who froze county servers and demanded ransom.Mecklenburg...
Dec 4 2017 // A North Carolina sheriff has changed his department’s policy on chases after five people were killed when a driver fleeing officers slammed into another car. The News & Record of Greensboro reports Guilford...
Dec 4 2017 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau has filed notice with the N.C. Department of Insurance to request a statewide average increase in homeowners insurance rates of 18.7 percent for 2018, according to Insurance Commissioner Mike...
Nov 30 2017 // North Carolina officials say tests have detected elevated levels of an unregulated compound at 34 additional wells near a chemical company’s manufacturing facility. The Fayetteville Observer reports the results...
Nov 29 2017 // Residents of two of the North Carolina counties hardest hit by Hurricane Matthew can now schedule an appointment to apply for reimbursement of their losses.The Fayetteville Observer reports state Department of Emergency...
Nov 27 2017 // Police in a North Carolina town says one person is dead after a plant explosion.Authorities in Nash County told local media outlets that a fire tank exploded at Pennco, Inc., on U.S. Highway 264 in Middlesex at around 9:30...
Nov 21 2017 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau has filed notice with the N.C. Department of Insurance request a statewide average increase in homeowners insurance rates of 18.7 percent for 2018, according to Insurance Commissioner Mike...