All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 29 2013 // A series of thunderstorms moving across western North Carolina has triggered what meteorologists are calling major flash flooding.The Charlotte Observer reported that parts of Catawba and surrounding counties were under...
Jul 25 2013 // A former North Carolina legislator who was seriously injured in a 2011 car crash is suing the estate of the man killed in the accident as well as the bar which he says served the victim too much alcohol.The Winston-Salem...
Jul 17 2013 // North Carolina transportation officials said almost 1,800 motorists were arrested on North Carolina highways for driving while impaired during an Independence Day operation. The N.C. Department of Transportation and the...
Jul 16 2013 // North Carolina’s two residual homeowners insurance markets have jointly issued $500 million in pre-event catastrophe bonds to ensure they have enough money on hand to quickly pay claims following hurricanes and other...
Jul 16 2013 // Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina shares private information of hundreds of thousands of its clients to an outside company that helps design its software.The company told The News & Observer of Raleigh that...
Jul 15 2013 // State and federal emergency officials will survey hundreds of Outer Banks residents to find out if they would ever evacuate for a hurricane so they can estimate how crowded roads will be when people are told to leave ahead...
Jul 11 2013 // North Carolina companies that manufacture, advertise or distribute food could soon have additional legal protections from lawsuits by people claiming their products led to their obesity. The House voted 99-16 this week in...
Jul 10 2013 // A North Carolina judge says the town of Hope Mills can sue companies that built a dam that failed. The Fayetteville Observer reported that Superior Court Judge Erwin Spainhour said that the companies can be sued for breach...
Jun 21 2013 // A recently enacted bill in North Carolina will permit, for the first time, the creation of captive insurers based in the Tar Heel State.The North Carolina Captive Insurance Act (HB 473) was signed into law by Gov. Pat...
Jun 4 2013 // When Stan Virden moved into his 2,400-square-foot house overlooking a rock-lined canal in 1996, he paid less than $1,000 a year for homeowners insurance.Now, as he seeks to move to Atlanta to be near family, Virden says...
May 29 2013 // A measure championed by U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan adds $5 million in new funding to the 2013 farm bill to help root out crop insurance fraud. The Senate approved Hagan’s amendment last week by a vote of 94-0. The money...
May 29 2013 // The town of Hope Mills is suing to get $10 million to repair a dam that failed more than three years ago.It was the second dam to fail and empty the lake by the town. The first dam was breached in May 2003 when up to 8...
May 23 2013 // North Carolina authorities have accused a Lincoln County man of filing a fake report of a stolen motorcycle and trailer to get money from an insurance company.The Charlotte Observer reported that 38-year-old William...
May 20 2013 // A study by workplace safety advocates shows that more workers die on the job in North Carolina than the state reports.The Charlotte Observer reported that the state Labor Department recorded 35 workers killed on the job in...
May 17 2013 // North Carolina lawmakers want to increase the consequences for drivers who fail to stop for school buses picking up or dropping off students. The bill approved unanimously by the House would require those convicted of the...
May 14 2013 // North Carolina’s Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin is publicly calling for an apology from the state’s Department of Health and Human Services Secretary over a remark in which the health official allegedly...
May 3 2013 // A study by workplace safety advocates shows that more workers die on the job in North Carolina than the state reports.The Charlotte Observer reported that the state Labor Department recorded 35 workers killed on the job in...
Apr 29 2013 // North Carolina’s annual share of payments from top cigarette companies paying for smoking-related health care costs is $211 million. North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper notified Gov. Pat McCrory and...
Apr 25 2013 // Some North Carolina lawmakers are pushing legislation that forbids local governments from adopting their own building design standards in most cases. The Senate bill that passed the Commerce Committee on Tuesday says that...
Apr 23 2013 // A pair of automobile insurance bills doesn’t overhaul how premiums are set in North Carolina but could provide some cost savings for consumers. The North Carolina Senate approved the legislation by wide margins last...