Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Driver of Tanker Truck Killed in Fiery North Carolina Crash
May 24 2017 // The North Carolina Highway Patrol says a tanker truck overturned and caught fire, killing the driver. The patrol told local media outlets that the truck apparently veered off the road in the town of Clayton and hit two...
AXA to Add 550 Positions to North Carolina Location
May 23 2017 // Insurance company AXA plans to add 550 jobs in Charlotte, N.C., over the next five years, nearly doubling its local workforce. North Carolina officials announced the move May 9 after approving state tax breaks that could...
North Carolina Woman Awarded $1.5M in Construction Safety Whistleblower Suit
May 23 2017 // A federal jury has awarded $1.5 million to a former North Carolina fire investigator who said she was fired after complaining about the safety of construction work at an office building. The Charlotte Observer reported...
Family of N.C. High School Football Player Who Died After Head Injury Sues
May 22 2017 // The family of a North Carolina high school football player who died after sustaining a head injury during practice is suing the Wake County school system and members of the athletic staff. The News & Observer reports...
Explosion at North Carolina Golf Course Kills 1
May 15 2017 // An employee has died after an explosion at a North Carolina golf course. Wilkes County Chief Deputy Sheriff David Carson says the fire was reported early Thursday at the Countryside Golf Course in Elkin. Investigators say...
Trump Approves Just $6M of North Carolina’s $929M Matthew Aid Request
May 12 2017 // North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper wrote the Trump administration and congressional leaders on Wednesday to express disappointment over the failure to meet the state’s request for more than $900 million in Hurricane...
North Carolina’s Builders Mutual Establishes Construction Job-Site Safety Institute
May 5 2017 // Builders Mutual, a provider of commercial insurance for the construction industry in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic, has established the Job-Site Safety Institute (JSI), a nonprofit organization that will conduct safety...
North Carolina Passes Law Limiting Nuisance Lawsuits Against Hog Farmers
May 1 2017 // North Carolina lawmakers decided Thursday that hog and poultry operations should get added protection from lawsuits by neighbors complaining that swarms of flies and the intense stink of animal waste create a nuisance. The...
WCRI: North Carolina Workers’ Comp Indemnity Payments Still High, But Stable
May 1 2017 // The average indemnity payment per workers’ compensation claim in North Carolina remains among the highest of 18 states studied by the Workers Compensation Rating Institute (WCRI), according to a new report from the...
Declarations
May 1 2017 // Once Is Enough “We can’t talk a whole lot about the hack itself, because obviously we don’t want this to happen again.” — Sana Syed, spokeswoman for the city of Dallas, speaking about the hack...
Floods Prompt State of Emergency in North Carolina
Apr 28 2017 // A North Carolina county declared a state of emergency Wednesday because flooding closed a number of roads and led to evacuations. Edgecombe County officials announced on Facebook that several roads are impassable and that...
North Carolina Issues Warning Against Taking Pictures on Railroad Tracks
Apr 28 2017 // Transportation officials and railroad companies are sounding a warning: Active railroad tracks are a bad backdrop for prom pictures or selfies. With the season for graduations and prom portraits underway, North...
North Carolina Storms Cause Flood Worries
Apr 27 2017 // People in North Carolina were paying attention to rising rivers on Tuesday after storms dumped several inches of rain across much of the state – the worst drenching since a damaging hurricane late last year. The...
Crashes at North Carolina Rail Crossings Down 42% in 2016
Apr 26 2017 // A North Carolina rail safety group says collisions at highway crossings dropped by 42 percent in 2016. The report from North Carolina Operation Lifesaver says there were 39 collisions last year, compared with 67 in...
North Carolina Appeals Court Refuses to Revive UNC Academic Sham Suit
Apr 20 2017 // A North Carolina appeals court won’t revive a lawsuit by two former athletes who say they were harmed by sham classes at the University of North Carolina. The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a...
North Carolina Investigating 250K Gallon Sewage Spill
Apr 19 2017 // North Carolina officials are investigating after a sewage spill of about 250,000 gallons in Johnston County. The county said in a news release that the spill occurred Sunday. The Johnston County Public Utilities Department...
Floodplain Changes Approved for North Carolina Beach Community
Apr 18 2017 // North Carolina’s floodplain mapping officials have approved an appeal of severe flood zone restrictions for a beach town, meaning property owners may save some money. The StarNews of Wilmington reports the N.C....
North Carolina House Passes Bill to Fight Opioid Abuse
Apr 17 2017 // Legislation to reduce opioid abuse and overdoses has passed the North Carolina House with unanimous bipartisan support. The House approved the measure April 10 that strengthens requirements for doctors and pharmacists on...
North Carolina Busts 70 Taxi, Limo Drivers in Insurance Rate Evasion Scheme
Apr 17 2017 // When dozens of taxi and limo drivers claimed the same home address, it led to a big insurance bust. North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey says 70 Charlotte-area taxi and limousine drivers falsely listed the...
Duke Energy Sues 30 Insurers Over Coal Ash Cleanup Costs in Carolinas
Apr 17 2017 // The largest U.S. electric company sued 30 international and domestic insurance companies last month, saying they should cover part of the utility’s multibillion-dollar cleanup costs in the Carolinas for toxic...
