Latest North Carolina Headlines
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North Carolina Insurance Donor Wants Political Bribery Case Dropped
Sep 23 2019 // Lawyers for the North Carolina insurance magnate charged with trying to bribe the state’s top insurance regulator say the case should be dismissed because he claims he was exercising his right to support elected...
North Carolina Attorney General Plans to Sue Purdue Pharma Family
Sep 18 2019 // North Carolina’s attorney general says he’s pursuing accountability from the family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma with a pending lawsuit over their role in the country’s opioid...
Report: More Than 70 Kids in North Carolina Poisoned by E-Cigarettes
Sep 18 2019 // North Carolina Poison Control says nearly 75 children under age 5 have been poisoned by e-cigarettes and vaping products in 2019. The News & Observer of Raleigh reports the group said in a news release that nearly 150...
Catastrophe Modelers: U.S. Insured Losses from Dorian Could Reach $1.5B in U.S.
Sep 17 2019 // Catastrophe modeling firms Karen Clark & Co. and RMS have released insured loss estimates for Hurricane Dorian, ranging from $500 million to $1.5 billion. According to KCC, Dorian reached peak intensity of 185 mph...
North Carolina Gov Requests Hurricane Dorian Disaster Declaration
Sep 16 2019 // North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is seeking a federal disaster declaration for 13 counties affected by Hurricane Dorian. Cooper made the request to President Donald Trump’s administration Friday. If approved, money...
North Carolina to Receive $51M in Federal Aid for Storm-Ravaged Roads, Bridges
Sep 13 2019 // North Carolina will get some much-needed money to help with mounting repair costs the state has incurred in response to devastating hurricanes and other storms. The Federal Highway Administration said in a statement...
North Carolina Police Report Rise in Gun Thefts from Cars
Sep 11 2019 // A North Carolina police department says it’s concerned about a sharp increase in the number of firearms stolen from vehicles. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department told a news conference last week that...
The Aftermath of Hurricane Dorian: Southeast States ‘Dodged a Bullet’
Sep 10 2019 // Residents and the insurance industry in Southeast states are feeling relieved after Hurricane Dorian grazed the U.S. coastline last week just days after it caused catastrophic damage in the Bahamas. While the storm was at...
North Carolina Sets Up Online Forum to Report Storm Damage to Historic Property
Sep 9 2019 // North Carolina’s Historic Preservation Office has set up an online forum so local governments and residents can report damage to historic properties caused by Hurricane Dorian. The office wants information about wind...
Residents of North Carolina’s Outer Banks Take Stock of Dorian’s Damage
Sep 9 2019 // Skies cleared and floodwaters receded Saturday from North Carolina’s Outer Banks, leaving behind a muddy trail of destruction wrought by Hurricane Dorian, which turned north and began lashing parts of eastern...
Hog Waste Fears Raised Again as Dorian Hits North Carolina
Sep 6 2019 // Environmental groups are watching dozens of lagoons of swine waste stored directly in Hurricane Dorian’s path in North Carolina with growing trepidation, fearful that a breach will release millions of gallons of...
NC Insurance Department Ready to Assist with Dorian Claims, Warns of Fraud
Sep 6 2019 // As Hurricane Dorian finally begins to move away from the North Carolina coast, North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey says the North Carolina Department of Insurance is ready to assist with any insurance related...
CoreLogic: More Than 600K Homes in Carolinas Could Be At Risk from Dorian
Sep 5 2019 // The wrath of Hurricane Dorian isn’t over yet and many more communities in its path are at risk and are bracing for the storm after it demolished the Bahamas earlier this week. The extremely slow-moving hurricane is...
Hurricane Dorian, Again a Category 3, Bears Down on Carolinas; Northeast on Watch
Sep 4 2019 // Sep 5, 2019, 6:26 AM— Hurricane Dorian — once again a Category 3 storm — is bearing down upon the Carolinas after sweeping past Florida and Georgia and battering the Bahamas, where it killed at least 20...
U.S. Cotton, Peanuts at Risk as Hurricane Makes Northward Turn
Sep 4 2019 // With Florida orange groves seemingly escaping major damage from Hurricane Dorian, concern now turns to soy, corn and cotton fields as well as livestock in Georgia and the Carolinas as the hurricane churns northward. North...
Update: Hurricane Dorian Spares Florida Direct Hit; Travels to Carolinas, Georgia
Sep 3 2019 // Sep 4, 2019, 5:31 AM — Hurricane Dorian menaced the U.S. East Coast with devastating flooding and winds, lashing Florida after laying waste to the Bahamas in a brutal two-day battering that caused damage that may cost...
Update: Southeast Coast Braces for Storm Surge, Winds as Hurricane Dorian Crawls North
Sep 3 2019 // Sep 3, 2019, 11:38 AM EST — Hurricane Dorian is on the move once again, inching northwest and potentially up the U.S. East Coast after bashing the Bahamas for almost two days with high winds and driving rains that have...
North Carolina Insurers Request 19.2% Rate Increase for Dwelling Policies
Aug 28 2019 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance has received a dwelling insurance rate filing from the North Carolina Rate Bureau requesting a statewide average rate increase of 19.2%, varying by territory. The N.C. Rate...
North Carolina Caretaker Gets Prison for Embezzling $330K
Aug 19 2019 // A North Carolina woman has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for embezzling more than $330,000 from a man in her care. News outlets report 52-year-old Teresa Denise Schneider also was sentenced Thursday to five...
Hundreds of North Carolina Transportation Workers to be Laid Off
Aug 16 2019 // North Carolina’s Transportation Department says it’ll lay off hundreds of workers to help cover the ballooning cost of storm damage repairs and legal expenses. News outlets report that layoffs will include...
