All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 7 2015 // State health officials say one person has died in connection with a salmonella outbreak at a North Carolina barbecue restaurant.The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services announced the death on its website, but...
Jul 6 2015 // Amendments proposed to the North Carolina Captive Insurance Act by the North Carolina Department of Insurance (NCDOI) were met with unanimous support from the N.C. General Assembly and signed into law on June 19, 2015,...
Jul 6 2015 // Unsuccessful 2014 U.S. Senate candidate Heather Grant says she’ll run for North Carolina insurance commissioner in 2016.Grant of Wilkes County said in June she will seek the Republican Party’s nomination for...
Jul 6 2015 // Moped owners may have a new item on their to-do lists in 2016 after getting their small-engine bikes registered with the state starting in July.The General Assembly gave its final approval in June to legislation requiring...
Jun 30 2015 // With scientists expecting the seas to rise about 3 feet over the next 100 to 150 years, a new study from the National Park Service says the two national seashores on North Carolina’s Outer Banks risk losing buildings...
Jun 26 2015 // Investigators with the Charlotte, N.C., Fire Department say a fire at a predominantly black church is a case of arson.A statement from the fire department said it took about an hour to get June 24 fire at Briar Creek Road...
Jun 25 2015 // Moped owners could have a new item on their to-do lists in 2016 after getting their small-engine bikes registered with the state starting next month.The General Assembly gave its final approval Tuesday to legislation...
Jun 24 2015 // Amendments proposed to the North Carolina Captive Insurance Act by the North Carolina Department of Insurance were met with unanimous support from the N.C. General Assembly and signed into law on June 19, 2015.Some of the...
Jun 23 2015 // A postal worker is dead after her passing vehicle was crushed by a falling tree owned by a North Carolina congressman. Multiple media organizations reported the 43-year-old female mail carrier died June 20 when the large...
Jun 18 2015 // A state appeals court has ruled that the University of North Carolina didn’t follow proper procedures when it suspended and ultimately fired a tenured physics professor convicted of smuggling drugs in Argentina.The...
Jun 16 2015 // North Carolina’s highest court ruled June 11 that Duke Energy has years to clean up leaking coal ash dumps as outlined by a new state law.The state Supreme Court overruled a lower court judge’s decision that...
Jun 15 2015 // Unsuccessful 2014 U.S. Senate candidate Heather Grant says she’ll run for North Carolina insurance commissioner in 2016.Grant of Wilkes County announced Friday she will seek the Republican Party’s nomination...
Jun 12 2015 // North Carolina environmental regulators ordered Duke Energy this week to stop the spread of groundwater pollution from coal ash dumps outside Wilmington after tests showed contamination in nearby drinking water wells.The...
Jun 8 2015 // The North Carolina General Assembly cancelled Gov. Pat McCrory’s veto of a bill designed to give employers in the state legal recourse against people who deliberately get jobs to steal company secrets or record...
Jun 4 2015 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has announced the arrest of Rebecca McKinney Spencer, 28, of Leland, N.C.; she is charged with one count each of insurance and obtaining property by false...
Jun 3 2015 // Legislators in America’s second-largest banking center are considering regulations for Bitcoin and other virtual currencies.North Carolina’s banking commissioner is seeking legislative authority to require that...
Jun 1 2015 // North Carolina’s workers’ compensation system had the highest indemnity benefits per claim of 17 states in a recent Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) study, which serves as a baseline to observe...
May 22 2015 // North Carolina officials are warning even more residents living near Duke Energy’s coal ash pits that it’s not safe to drink or cook with their well water. The state Department of Environment and Natural...
May 21 2015 // A.M. Best has upgraded the issuer credit ratings (ICR) to “a+” from “a” and affirmed the financial strength rating of A (Excellent) of Medical Mutual Insurance Company of North Carolina (Medical...
May 20 2015 // The General Assembly has agreed to put new rules in place targeting people who harm group home residents and increasing responsibilities on those who work at the homes to report abuse they see. The Senate agreed May 14 to...