All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 22 2016 // Dry conditions accompanied by high winds are continuing to hamper efforts to control wildfires across western North Carolina.Although a cold front passed through the state on Saturday, there was no precipitation to help...
Nov 18 2016 // A North Carolina couple has been arrested and charged with one count of insurance fraud and obtaining property by false pretense, according to North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin.Keith Hedgepeth, 48, and...
Nov 16 2016 // North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory wants Congress to approve a little more than $1 billion in federal aid to help North Carolina with repairs and recovery after Hurricane Matthew’s record flooding last month.On Monday,...
Nov 14 2016 // A wannabe weatherman was jailed for arson after admitting he started a wildfire to draw attention to his selfie videos on Facebook, his town’s police chief said Friday. Meanwhile, a Georgia sheriff appealed for help...
Nov 14 2016 // Wildfires near the Georgia-North Carolina line are spewing smoke so thick that residents are being urged to wear special masks if they must do outdoor activities.The fires – many of them suspected arsons – have...
Nov 14 2016 // Lighthouse Management LLC has appointed Laura Vizzini as marketing representative for North Carolina.Vizzini comes to Lighthouse with seven years of experience in the insurance industry having worked as a sales agent, team...
Nov 10 2016 // The city of Greensboro, N.C., will pay $6 million to a man imprisoned for 17 years for a murder he didn’t commit.The News & Record of Greensboro reports the city agreed Oct. 21 to pay the money to 66-year-old...
Nov 9 2016 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin, a Democrat, was narrowly defeated Tuesday by his Republican opponent Mike Causey. Goodwin has served as North Carolina Insurance Commissioner since 2009.Causey, an...
Nov 7 2016 // It’s been just over a month since Hurricane Matthew ravaged the Southeast coast but the insurance industry’s job of responding to the devastation and assessing the total cost of damage from the storm is far...
Nov 6 2016 // Families in four North Carolina counties forced from their homes after flooding from Hurricane Matthew could be moving into mobile homes soon.Gov. Pat McCrory said Thursday the Federal Emergency Management Agency approved...
Nov 3 2016 // A North Carolina man has been arrested for allegedly conspiring to commit insurance fraud. According to a statement from the North Carolina Department of Insurance, Timothy Allen Green, 54, of Louisburg has been charged...
Nov 3 2016 // North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory said Tuesday he expects to call lawmakers to a special session next month on Hurricane Matthew relief for eastern North Carolina, looking to Congress for supplemental aid first and...
Oct 28 2016 // As the last river finally falls below major flood stage near the coast, a rapidly worsening drought is killing crops and causing hard-to-fight wildfires in rugged terrain in western North Carolina and South Carolina.The...
Oct 28 2016 // A cancer-causing heavy metal found in water wells near coal ash pits and other industrial sites is much more widespread and naturally occurring than previously thought, university researchers said Wednesday.The presence of...
Oct 25 2016 // With historic flood levels in North Carolina receding in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, preliminary estimates show that only a sliver of commercial and residential properties in areas most impacted by the storm are...
Oct 24 2016 // More than two weeks after Hurricane Matthew hit North Carolina, some areas are still flooded and others are beginning the long process of recovery.In North Carolina, the hurricane dumped more than a foot of rain 100 miles...
Oct 24 2016 // The homeowners insurance rate increase disagreement between the North Carolina Department of Insurance (NCDOI) and the insurance industry is not over.The North Carolina Rate Bureau (NCRB), which files rates with NCDOI on...
Oct 21 2016 // Conservationists and regulators are at odds over how much coal ash was swept away by flooding during Hurricane Matthew – state inspectors say it would fit in the bed of a pickup truck while a watchdog group argues...
Oct 19 2016 // Investigators combed through shards of glass, looked for residue of flammable accelerant and tried to narrow down the overnight hours when someone torched a local Republican Party office by throwing a flammable device...
Oct 17 2016 // North Carolina emergency officials have estimated that the destructive and deadly Hurricane Matthew caused $1.5 billion worth of damage to more than 100,000 homes, businesses and government buildings in the state.The...