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#1 North Carolina Man Charged With More Than $1M in Travel Insurance Fraud
Aug 19 2025 // Investigators with the North Carolina Department of Insurance last week charged a man with swindling almost $1 million and attempting to gain another $887,500 from travel insurance companies from 2020 to 2024. Michael...
#2 Two More Beach Homes Near Collapse as Erin’s Waves Pound NC Outer Banks
Aug 22 2025 // Two homes on the North Carolina Outer Banks sit precariously in the high waves with their days seemingly numbered. Since 2020, 11 neighboring homes have fallen into the Atlantic Ocean. While the swells from storms like...
#3 North Carolina Supreme Court Says Bars’ COVID Lawsuits Against State Can Continue
Aug 25 2025 // The North Carolina Supreme Court issued favorable rulings Friday for bars and their operators in litigation seeking monetary compensation from the state for COVID-19 restrictions first issued by then-Gov. Roy Cooper that...
#4 Woman Sentenced After Pleading to Arson in Six Fires in North Carolina
Aug 27 2025 // A North Carolina woman was sentenced to as much as 12 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to setting six fires in Onslow County, on the state’s southeast coast. Chasity Dawn Keeter, 37, of Jacksonville, pleaded...
#5 North Carolina Veterinary Hospital Explodes After Car Hits Gas Line, Police Say
Aug 21 2025 // A brand new veterinary hospital exploded Tuesday morning in North Carolina after a car crashed into a nearby gas meter, authorities said. About 20 minutes before the explosion in Wilmington, a car had run off the road and...
#6 Erin’s Massive Waves Threaten to Isolate North Carolina’s Outer Banks
Aug 21 2025 // There’s a popular T-shirt on Hatteras Island along the North Carolina Outer Banks that says: “One road on. One road off (sometimes)” — poking fun at the constant battle between Mother Nature and a thin...
#7 NC Residents Can Now Seek State Aid After Tropical Storm Chantal
Aug 8 2025 // RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Individuals in central North Carolina counties whose homes and belongings were damaged by massive rains last month from Tropical Storm Chantal can now seek state-funded financial grants for temporary...
#8 North Carolina Expands FORTIFIED Roof Grant Program With Another $20 Million
Aug 4 2025 // North Carolina’s residual property insurance association is expanding its roof-grant program by $20 million, offering $6,000 to policyholders who upgrade their roofs to the more wind-resistant FORTIFIED...
