Latest North Carolina Headlines
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North Carolina College Requests Campus Shooting Suit Be Dismissed
Jul 25 2019 // A North Carolina university is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit stemming from a fatal shooting on its campus in 2018. The Winston-Salem Journal reports that Wake Forest University is disputing the allegations...
North Carolina Company Accused of Selling $4M in Mislabeled Meat as Blue Crab
Jul 23 2019 // A North Carolina seafood company has been charged with selling almost 200,000 pounds of foreign crab meat falsely labeled as domestic Atlantic blue crab for $4 million. Charges filed last month by the U.S. Attorney in the...
Duke Energy Sued Over Environmental Damage to Dan River from 2014 Coal Ash Spill
Jul 23 2019 // The federal, North Carolina and Virginia governments asked a court Thursday to declare the country’s largest electricity company liable for environmental damage from a leak five years ago that left miles of a river...
North Carolina Zoo Worker Killed During Rescue Drill
Jul 22 2019 // Officials at the North Carolina Zoo say a worker was killed after falling from a tree during a rescue drill. News outlets report the state Department of Labor says the zoo worker was an arborist participating in the aerial...
Nearly 3 Dozen Injured in Scooter Crashes in North Carolina Cities Since 2018
Jul 19 2019 // State records show that nearly three dozen people have been injured in scooter crashes in two North Carolina cities since early 2018. Citing numbers from the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles, The Charlotte Observer reports...
Causey: More Time Needed to Review North Carolina Homeowners’ Rate Increase
Jul 16 2019 // North Carolina’s Insurance Commissioner has extended the hearing scheduled for the proposed statewide average 17.4% homeowners’ insurance rate increase by one month from Sept. 4, 2019, to Oct. 2, 2019, saying...
11K Birds Killed in Fire at North Carolina Chicken House
Jul 15 2019 // A North Carolina fire marshal says a large fire destroyed a chicken house and killed 11,000 birds. News sources report Alexander County Fire Marshal Russell Greene says the fire on Thursday morning caused an estimated...
North Carolina Regulator to Take Over Firms Owned by Embattled Insurance Investor
Jul 15 2019 // North Carolina’s insurance commissioner is taking over four insurance companies controlled by a businessman charged with trying to make political bribes. A Raleigh-based state judge issued an order on June 27...
North Carolina Regulator to Take Over Firms Owned by Embattled Insurance Investor
Jul 8 2019 // North Carolina’s insurance commissioner is taking over four insurance companies controlled by a businessman charged with trying to make political bribes. A Raleigh-based state judge issued an order on June 27...
North Carolina House Approves Safety Rules for Ridesharing Companies
Jul 1 2019 // New rules for drivers of ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft operating in North Carolina have cleared the state House. The bill approved unanimously on Thursday is considered a safety measure following the March death...
Sinkhole in North Carolina Parking Lot Reaches 27-Feet and Growing
Jun 27 2019 // A 27-foot (8 meter) long and 20-foot (6 meter) deep sinkhole continues to expand in a North Carolina parking lot. The sinkhole is about half the size of a tractor-trailer and about as deep as a giraffe’s height...
North Carolina, Feds to Purchase 24 Generators for Use During Storms, Disasters
Jun 26 2019 // North Carolina and the federal government are paying over $1.4 million for 24 generators and other help so communities can keep the power on at public infrastructure during storms and disasters. The money will go mostly...
North Carolina to Host Flood Insurance Conferences; Will Offer Agents CE Credits
Jun 25 2019 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance has set up five flood insurance conferences statewide between July and September designed to educate the public, insurance and real estate agents of the need to purchase flood...
12-Year-Old Boy Killed After Fall at North Carolina Trampoline Park
Jun 25 2019 // A 12-year-old boy who fell from a rock climbing wall at a North Carolina trampoline park has died. News outlets report Altitude Trampoline Park in Gastonia closed Friday out of respect for the boy’s family. Police...
North Carolina Insurance Fraud Round-Up: May
Jun 21 2019 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance announced multiple fraud enforcement actions during the month of May 2019. Insurance fraud costs American consumers approximately $80 billion a year. According to North Carolina...
BB&T, SunTrust to Rebrand as Truist; North Carolina Headquarters Announced
Jun 14 2019 // BB&T Corporation and SunTrust Banks, Inc., will rebrand as Truist after the two companies combine through their planned merger, announced earlier this year. According to the companies, Truist will be the sixth-largest...
North Carolina Lawmakers Disagree Over Watered Down Hands Free Bill
Jun 13 2019 // Weeks after North Carolina House members watered down a distracted driving bill, state senators want to restore robust language that would prohibit drivers from holding their cellphones. Republican lawmakers and parents of...
Atlas Hires Caldwell as Account Manager in North Carolina
Jun 13 2019 // Atlas Insurance Management, a captive insurance management firm, has hired Spencer Caldwell as an account manager to its office in Charlotte, N.C. Spencer previously worked as a captive financial analyst for the North...
Report: North Carolina Agency Mishandled $9M in Matthew Recovery Funds
Jun 12 2019 // The North Carolina Department of Public Safety broke the law and didn’t follow legislative directives when distributing $9 million of state money after Hurricane Matthew hit in 2016, according to a report Monday from...
Heavy Rain Causes Flooding in North Carolina, 3 Deaths
Jun 11 2019 // A chunk of North Carolina’s mountains and foothills are facing flash flooding that’s being blamed for three deaths. The National Weather Service said Sunday that six inches or more of rain had fallen in parts...
