Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
North Carolina Health System Alerts Customers to Data Breach
Oct 22 2019 // A health system that serves western North Carolina has contacted an undisclosed number of people about a data breach involving its e-commerce website. The Citizen-Times reports Mission Health said it recently...
4th Person Dies from North Carolina Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak
Oct 21 2019 // North Carolina health officials say a fourth person has died from Legionnaires’ disease. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Resources said in a statement on Friday that its Division of Public Health has...
North Carolina to Create Program to Help Dorian Victims After FEMA Rejection
Oct 16 2019 // Gov. Roy Cooper aims to create a state-funded program to help residents in four North Carolina counties recover from Hurricane Dorian after the federal government declined a request for assistance targeting them. The...
CRC Group Hires Watson to Open CRC Office in Charlotte, North Carolina
Oct 14 2019 // CRC Group has hired Greg Watson as Office President for a new CRC office opening in Charlotte, North Carolina. Watson comes to CRC with more than 10 years of industry experience, where he began his career as a personal...
North Carolina Confirms Second Death from Legionnaires’ Disease
Oct 14 2019 // North Carolina health officials have confirmed a second death from Legionnaires’ disease linked to a hot tub display at a fair. The Division of Public Health in the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services says...
Federal Disaster Declaration for North Carolina Counties Hit by Dorian
Oct 8 2019 // President Donald Trump has approved a request from North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper for public assistance for 14 counties affected by Hurricane Dorian. The major disaster declaration, approved Friday, allows impacted...
North Carolina State Bar Fights Off Spread of Ransomware Attack
Oct 7 2019 // The North Carolina State Bar says it was the target of a ransomware attack this week. In a statement issued on Thursday, the organization says the attack late Monday infiltrated the network through a server and began...
Hot Tub Displays at North Carolina Fair Likely Cause of Legionnaires’ Outbreak
Oct 7 2019 // North Carolina health officials say hot tub displays inside a building at a fair are likely to blame for an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease last month. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services said on its...
North Carolina Homeowners, Mobile Home Rates Going Up
Oct 7 2019 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance and the North Carolina Rate Bureau have settled a legal dispute over a proposed premium increase for homeowners insurance rates, according to a statement from NCDOI. NCDOI has...
Catastrophe Modelers: U.S. Insured Losses from Dorian Could Reach $1.5B in U.S.
Oct 7 2019 // Insured loss estimates for Hurricane Dorian will range from $500 million to $1.5 billion, according to catastrophe modeling firms Karen Clark & Co. and RMS. According to KCC, Dorian reached peak intensity of 185 mph...
116 Sickened, 1 Death Reported from North Carolina Legionnaire’s Outbreak
Oct 4 2019 // Health officials in North Carolina say 116 people have been diagnosed with Legionnaire’s disease since an outbreak was reported in September. The Asheville Citizen Times reports the N.C. Department of Health and...
Former Head of North Carolina GOP Pleads Guilty in Insurance Commissioner Bribery Case
Oct 4 2019 // The former chairman of North Carolina’s Republican Party admitted Wednesday that he broke the law by lying to federal agents about his role in an alleged effort to bribe the state’s top insurance regulator to...
Fire that Destroyed 6 Homes in North Carolina Beach Town Under Investigation
Oct 3 2019 // A huge fire destroyed six homes and damaged a seventh home in a North Carolina beach town, and officials are trying to determine what sparked it. News outlets report the fire first broke out around 6 p.m. Sunday, and it...
North Carolina Jury Awards $8.3M in Excessive Force Suit
Oct 1 2019 // A North Carolina jury has ordered three law enforcement officials to pay $8.3 million for violating a man’s civil rights when they beat and shot him while he was driving on his own property six years ago. WRAL-TV...
North Carolina Homeowners, Mobile Home Rates Going Up
Sep 30 2019 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance and the North Carolina Rate Bureau have settled a legal dispute over a proposed premium increase for homeowners insurance rates, according to a statement from NCDOI. NCDOI has...
1 Dead, Several Sick from North Carolina Legionnaires’ Outbreak
Sep 27 2019 // Health officials in western North Carolina say one person has died from Legionnaires’ disease and several others have been sickened. Kim Horton is a spokeswoman for the Henderson County Department of Public Health....
North Carolina Health Departments’ Investigate Legionnaires’ Outbreak at Fair
Sep 26 2019 // Health departments in two North Carolina counties are looking into multiple cases of Legionnaires’ disease at the North Carolina Mountain State Fair. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services said in a news...
Hurricane Florence, A Year Later: Many North Carolinian’s Lack Resources to Recover
Sep 25 2019 // Tanika Outlaw was working as the food and beverage manager at the Doubletree Hotel in New Bern last September when Hurricane Florence began shoving feet of water into the city’s downtown area. Ultimately, the storm...
Policygenius to Open 2nd Headquarters in North Carolina, Create 377 Jobs in State
Sep 25 2019 // Online insurance platform Policygenius plans to open a new technical and operations center in Durham County, North Carolina, according to a statement from Governor Roy Cooper. Policygenius’ new location plan calls...
North Carolina Gov Asks for More Disaster Aid After Dorian
Sep 24 2019 // North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is seeking additional federal disaster assistance for counties affected by Hurricane Dorian. Cooper made the request to President Donald Trump’s administration Saturday. Cooper asked...
