Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Wildfires Rage Throughout Southeast States, Arson Suspected
Nov 14 2016 // Wildfires near the Georgia-North Carolina line are spewing smoke so thick that residents are being urged to wear special masks if they must do outdoor activities. The fires – many of them suspected arsons – have...
Lighthouse Management Hires Vizzini as North Carolina Marketing Rep
Nov 14 2016 // Lighthouse Management LLC has appointed Laura Vizzini as marketing representative for North Carolina. Vizzini comes to Lighthouse with seven years of experience in the insurance industry having worked as a sales agent,...
North Carolina City to Pay $6M to Man Wrongfully Incarcerated for 17 Years
Nov 10 2016 // The city of Greensboro, N.C., will pay $6 million to a man imprisoned for 17 years for a murder he didn’t commit. The News & Record of Greensboro reports the city agreed Oct. 21 to pay the money to 66-year-old...
Agency Owner Causey Defeats Goodwin in North Carolina Commissioner Race
Nov 9 2016 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin, a Democrat, was narrowly defeated Tuesday by his Republican opponent Mike Causey. Goodwin has served as North Carolina Insurance Commissioner since 2009. Causey, an...
Hurricane Matthew Leaves its Mark on Southeast
Nov 7 2016 // It’s been just over a month since Hurricane Matthew ravaged the Southeast coast but the insurance industry’s job of responding to the devastation and assessing the total cost of damage from the storm is far...
Mobile Homes On the Way to North Carolina Flood Victims
Nov 6 2016 // Families in four North Carolina counties forced from their homes after flooding from Hurricane Matthew could be moving into mobile homes soon. Gov. Pat McCrory said Thursday the Federal Emergency Management Agency approved...
North Carolina Man Accused of Conspiring to Commit Insurance Fraud
Nov 3 2016 // A North Carolina man has been arrested for allegedly conspiring to commit insurance fraud. According to a statement from the North Carolina Department of Insurance, Timothy Allen Green, 54, of Louisburg has been charged...
North Carolina Gov Wants Special Session on Hurricane Matthew Relief
Nov 3 2016 // North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory said Tuesday he expects to call lawmakers to a special session next month on Hurricane Matthew relief for eastern North Carolina, looking to Congress for supplemental aid first and...
Drought Committee Address Dryness in Western Carolinas as Floods Subside
Oct 28 2016 // As the last river finally falls below major flood stage near the coast, a rapidly worsening drought is killing crops and causing hard-to-fight wildfires in rugged terrain in western North Carolina and South Carolina. The...
Cancer-Causing Metal Near Wells Tied to Volcanic Soil More Than Coal Ash: Study
Oct 28 2016 // A cancer-causing heavy metal found in water wells near coal ash pits and other industrial sites is much more widespread and naturally occurring than previously thought, university researchers said Wednesday. The presence...
S&P: Few North Carolina Residents Hit Hardest by Matthew Have Flood Insurance
Oct 25 2016 // With historic flood levels in North Carolina receding in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, preliminary estimates show that only a sliver of commercial and residential properties in areas most impacted by the storm are...
North Carolina Recovery Continues More Than 2 Weeks After Matthew
Oct 24 2016 // More than two weeks after Hurricane Matthew hit North Carolina, some areas are still flooded and others are beginning the long process of recovery. In North Carolina, the hurricane dumped more than a foot of rain 100 miles...
North Carolina Insurers Want Supreme Court Review of 25% Rate Hike Denial
Oct 24 2016 // The homeowners insurance rate increase disagreement between the North Carolina Department of Insurance (NCDOI) and the insurance industry is not over. The North Carolina Rate Bureau (NCRB), which files rates with NCDOI on...
North Carolina Environmental Groups, Regulators Spar Over Coal Ash Spill
Oct 21 2016 // Conservationists and regulators are at odds over how much coal ash was swept away by flooding during Hurricane Matthew – state inspectors say it would fit in the bed of a pickup truck while a watchdog group argues...
Attack on North Carolina GOP Office Under Investigation
Oct 19 2016 // Investigators combed through shards of glass, looked for residue of flammable accelerant and tried to narrow down the overnight hours when someone torched a local Republican Party office by throwing a flammable device...
North Carolina Estimates $1.5B in Hurricane Damage to Buildings
Oct 17 2016 // North Carolina emergency officials have estimated that the destructive and deadly Hurricane Matthew caused $1.5 billion worth of damage to more than 100,000 homes, businesses and government buildings in the state. The...
Floods from Matthew in Eastern North Carolina Called ‘Worse than Floyd’
Oct 17 2016 // Standing on the banks of the Neuse River this week, watching water creep ever-closer to the bottom of the King Street Bridge, crowds of people continually compared what was happening to what Hurricane Floyd wrought here 17...
Daily Flood Worries Put North Carolina Residents On Edge
Oct 14 2016 // Anita Van Beveren has been returning day after day to watch the brown floodwater creep toward the rental home she shares with her two teenage children. While she got many belongings out, they couldn’t move everything...
Hurricane Matthew May Be Gone, But Insurance Industry’s Work is Just Starting
Oct 14 2016 // It’s been nearly a week since Hurricane Matthew ravaged the Southeast coast but the insurance industry’s job of responding to the devastation and assessing the total cost of damage from the storm is just...
Georgia Man Accused of Staging Car Theft in North Carolina
Oct 13 2016 // A Georgia man was arrested and charged with insurance fraud for allegedly staging a car theft in North Carolina, according to a statement from Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin. Jeremy Joseph Keeton, 29, of Columbus, Ga...
