Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
North Carolina Insurance Agent Ordered to Hide his Fire Truck
Mar 31 2008 // State Farm insurance agent Darin Morton has had a fully functioning fire truck parked in front of his office in the Charlotte, N.C. suburb of Pineville for six years. But The Charlotte Observer reports that...
North Carolina Motel Guests Exposed to Carbon Monoxide, Hospitalized
Mar 27 2008 // Eight people at a Raleigh, N.C. motel have been taken to a hospital after being exposed to carbon monoxide from a faulty water heater. Raleigh Fire Department Division Chief James Poole told the News & Observer of...
1 Arrested in North Carolina Insurance Fraud Scheme, 1 Awaits Indictment
Mar 26 2008 // North Carolina officials arrested two suspects on an alleged insurance fraud scheme, according to Insurance Commissioner Jim Long. John Wesley Baum, 30, is behind an insurance fraud scheme in which he helped his alleged...
North Carolina Cites 763 Impaired Drivers During Statewide Crackdown
Mar 25 2008 // Gov. Mike Easley reported that state and local law enforcement officers cited 763 motorists for driving while impaired during a St. Patrick’s Day “Booze It & Lose It” campaign, which ran March 14-17....
New Markets
Mar 24 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Contractors Nuts & Bolts: Lemac &...
Fire Destroys North Carolina Railroad Museum, Historic Memorabilia
Mar 18 2008 // An early morning fire on Sunday destroyed a building housing a museum and gift shop at Tweetsie Railroad. Blowing Rock firefighter Mark Lawrence said the building also housed a concession stand and a first aid area....
Feds to Investigate North Carolina Helicopter Crash
Mar 17 2008 // A Wilmington, N.C. fire captain died last week when his helicopter crashed and exploded near the city, authorities said. John Miller was the only passenger in the helicopter, said Sgt. Craig Bredenbeck of the New Hanover...
North Carolina Company Fined for Fatal Workplace Accident
Mar 12 2008 // A Guilford County, North Carolina company has been fined more than $17,000 for violations found after the death of a teenager who became entangled in a grinder. The News & Record of Greensboro, N.C., reported that the...
North Carolina’s Global Risk Holdings Acquires North American Risk
Mar 12 2008 // Raleigh, N.C.-based Global Risk Holdings acquired Maitland, Fla.-based North American Risk Services from Clarendon National Insurance Co., according to NARS officials. Global Risk Holdings, in conjunction with members of...
New Markets
Mar 10 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Blanket Accident Insurance Nuts &...
N.C.’s Long Won’t Run For Seventh Term as Insurance Chief
Mar 10 2008 // Last-minute surprises closed out North Carolina’s candidate filing period Feb. 29, as hundreds of candidates began their official runs for elected office. Former House co-Speaker Richard Morgan, a Republican...
North Carolina Insurance Regulator: Auto Insurance Increase not Justified
Mar 7 2008 // Officials at the North Carolina Department of Insurance released a notice of hearing in the 2008 auto insurance rate case, in which the insurance industry requested a 13 percent average statewide increase in auto rates....
N.C. Auto Insurance Companies Ask for 13% Rate Hike
Mar 4 2008 // The North Carolina Insurance Commissioner received the annual auto insurance rate filing from the North Carolina Rate Bureau, according to Insurance Commissioner Jim Long. The Bureau, which represents the auto insurance...
N.C. Insurance Commissioner Will Not Run for Another Term
Mar 4 2008 // When asked how his colleagues and staff took the news from North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long that he was departing public life, he said, “I think they’re just wondering who will stir things up and...
North Carolina Lifts Burning Ban
Mar 3 2008 // North Carolina lifted an outdoor burning ban, hoping to burn off excess forest debris in preparation for the spring fire season. Outdoor burning became allowable after noon on March 1. Officials said recent rainfall has...
Education, First Line of Attack in N.C. Home Sprinkler Debate
Feb 25 2008 // Education of the masses emerged as an agreed-upon strategy regarding proposed mandatory installation of sprinkler systems in certain new residential structures in North Carolina. The North Carolina Building Code...
N.C. Brush Fire Damages 12 Homes in Charlotte; One Injured
Feb 22 2008 // North Carolina firefighters fought a large brush fire Wednesday that damaged a dozen homes in a Charlotte neighborhood. Charlotte Fire Department Capt. Rob Brisley said the fire heavily damaged two of the homes. Brisley...
N.C. Poultry Industry Workplace Safety Prompts Federal Hearings Plans
Feb 19 2008 // U.S. Senate and House committees are planning hearings on worker safety in the poultry industry following a report by The Charlotte Observer on House of Raeford, congressional leaders and aides said. “All Americans...
N.C. Gov. Probes State’s Manufactured Housing Industry
Feb 15 2008 // North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley asked the head of the state’s manufactured housing industry group for information and help to ensure North Carolina residents living in manufactured homes are safe from any health...
People Flee as Fires in Rain-Starved Carolinas, Va. Burn Homes
Feb 12 2008 // Wind-whipped wildfires chased churchgoers from worship, forced hundreds of residents to flee homes and closed highways across the rain-starved Carolinas and Virginia on Sunday. Twelve small structures, including at least...
