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U.S. News & World Report
April 12, 2018
A committee studying the possible removal of three Confederate monuments on North Carolina's Capitol grounds is accepting public comments for one ... So far, the committee that's part of the North Carolina Historical Commission has received more than 5,400 comments on whether to move the statues toÃâà...
DieHards
April 12, 2018
Join us daily at ACC DieHards for the latest North Carolina recruiting news and notes on the next crop of Tar Heels. Don't miss any coverage from Cody Pace and the DieHards.com team. Read his daily notebooks here at 7 p.m. ET Sunday through Thursday. In this edition, we discuss the end of theÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
April 12, 2018
In this Tuesday, April 10, 2018 photo, from left, Gerald Hege and his lawyer, Katie Hall, sit at an election challenge hearing by Davidson County Board of Elections, in Lexington, N.C. At far right is challenger Angela Anderson. The Davidson County Board of Elections held the hearing on a challenge toÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
April 12, 2018
Developers of the Mountain Valley Pipeline want to extend the project from Virginia into North Carolina. ... (AP) — Developers of the Mountain Valley Pipeline announced plans Wednesday to extend the project currently proposed to carry natural gas through West Virginia and Virginia into North Carolina.
WABC-TV
April 12, 2018
A Guilford County teen missing since the weekend was found safe. (Credit: Guildford County Sheriff's Office). SHARE. share Ãâ÷ tweet Ãâ÷ share Ãâ÷ email. WTVD. Wednesday, April 11, 2018 10:20AM. GUILFORD COUNTY, North Carolina --. Authorities in North Carolina say they have found a missing 15-year-old girl and arrested aÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
April 12, 2018
A North Carolina General Assembly study on potential gains and liabilities from breaking up large public school districts provides no judgment on whether ... school districts completed its work Wednesday without making judgment on whether deconsolidation is ultimately good for North Carolina's students.
Virginian-Pilot
April 12, 2018
COLUMBUS, N.C. (AP) — A man is accused of strangling his girlfriend and dumping her body in an abandoned well in North Carolina. The Polk County Sheriff's Office tells news outlets Jeremy Lynn Bradshaw was arrested and charged Tuesday with first-degree murder in the death of Karen DeniseÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
April 11, 2018
A North Carolina man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole after pleading guilty to a South Carolina killing nearly two years ago. ... Prosecutor Walt Wilkins said in a news release that 21-year-old Dmarrion Gilmore of Charlotte, North Carolina, pleaded guilty in Greenville on Monday to murder,Ãâà...
WECT-TV6
April 4, 2018
UNCW pitcher Rylee Pate threw a complete-game shutout as the Seahawks softball team beat North Carolina, 3-0, at Boseman Field on Tuesday. MOREAdditional LinksPoll. Lacey Fox gave UNCW a 2-0 lead with a two-run home run in the fifth inning to help the Seahawks snap a 17-game losing streakÃâà...
Roanoke Times
April 4, 2018
A Roanoke woman and two children were among those who died Thursday in a two-vehicle crash in North Carolina. The wreck occurred just after 8 p.m. in Robeson County, on U.S. 501, just over six miles south of Maxton, according to Sgt. Michael Baker with the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.
Roanoke Times
April 4, 2018
When the attorney for the Governor of North Carolina realizes just how awful Terry McAuliffe's deal was — and that also becomes public. In early February, we broke a bombshell story on Blue Virginia about a secret $58 million sellout, a pay-to-play immunity deal that McAuliffe signed in December withÃâà...
WSOC Charlotte
April 4, 2018
AP Top North Carolina Headlines at 8:15 a.m. EDT. Updated: Apr 4, 2018 - 12:00 AM. 0. AP Top North Carolina Headlines at 8:15 a.m. EDT. Records tied to ex-officers beating of black man subpoenaed. Staffing shortages briefly close some N Carolina clinics. Soil testing to cause closures on Business Interstate 40.
Pensions & Investments
April 3, 2018
North Carolina Treasurer Dale Folwell is recommending the North Carolina Retirement Systems, Raleigh, lower its assumed rate of return to 7% from the current 7.25%, he said on a press call Tuesday. Mr. Folwell is the sole trustee of the $98 billion pension fund, which lowered its rate to 7.25% from 7.5%Ãâà...
Greensboro News & Record
April 3, 2018
Defendants in the case initially included the state of North Carolina, the State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement, and two leaders in the GOP-run legislature — state Senate leader Phil Berger (R-Eden) and state House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Kings Mountain). State government and the electionsÃâà...
WTVD-TV
April 3, 2018
The defendants were the U.S. Department of Commerce, responsible for the census, and the Bureau of the Census. Plaintiffs include New York, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,Ãâà...
NBC2 News
April 3, 2018
(CNN) -- The city of Asheville, North Carolina, released "disturbing, difficult to watch" videos from nine body-worn cameras related to the beating and tasing of a man who was suspected by police of jaywalking, the city said. One video from an officer on the scene shows Asheville police officer ChristopherÃâà...
Roanoke Times
April 3, 2018
A Roanoke woman and two children were among those who died Thursday in a two-vehicle crash in North Carolina. The wreck occurred just after 8 p.m. in Robeson County, on U.S. 501, just over six miles south of Maxton, according to Sgt. Michael Baker with the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.
Virginian-Pilot
April 3, 2018
LEVEL CROSS, N.C. (AP) — A woman has died and a man was seriously injured in a shooting at a home in North Carolina. Randolph County Sheriff's Capt. Jason Chabot told local media that the shooting happened around 10:30 a.m. Monday at a mobile home in Level Cross. Thirty-year-old Dana AnnetteÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
April 2, 2018
A federal judge says he won't send jurors for a see-and-sniff tour of a North Carolina hog-growing operation at the center of a lawsuit claiming ... The North Carolina trial's outcome could shake the profits and change production methods of pork producers who have enjoyed legislative protection andÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 23, 2018
LILLINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina family is accused of chasing and capturing a man. The Fayetteville Observer cites a Harnett County Sheriff's Office release that says a family chased Justin Emmons on foot while shooting at him on March 15. It's unclear what triggered the shooting. Emmons triedÃâà...
Insurance Journal
March 23, 2018
A North Carolina insurance agent has been arrested and charged with embezzling more than $18,000 in insurance premiums, according to a statement from North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey. Billie Jo Kennedy, 47, of Trenton, N.C., was arrest earlier this month charged with one felonyÃâà...
News & Observer
March 23, 2018
Two men involved in a deadly shooting at a North Carolina home have been identified as soldiers. U.S. Army Special Operations Command spokesman Lt. Col. Robert Bockholt tells The Fayetteville Observer the Fort Bragg soldiers had been in an altercation that resulted in the shooting. CumberlandÃâà...
WLOS
March 23, 2018
This undated provided by the Wake County, N.C, Detention Center, shows Brianna Ashanti Lofton, who is accused of allowing her baby to smoke marijuana in a video that went viral. Police said on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, that Lofton, 20, was charged with marijuana possession and child abuse. (Wake CountyÃâà...
Durham Herald Sun
March 22, 2018
North Carolina's film industry has struggled to regain the strong footing it had before the Republican-led state legislature axed the tax credits that once made film production companies feel welcome here. But it will take plenty of work to overcome Hollywood's concerns, as the Journal's Richard CraverÃâà...
WTVD-TV
March 17, 2018
A North Carolina woman has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of her autistic son in a fire earlier this year. The Surry County Sheriff's Office told local media that Maria Deneane Kidd has also been charged with child abuse in the Jan. 27 death of 13-year-old William Kidd in a fireÃâà...
StateScoop
March 17, 2018
The North Carolina Department of Transportation announced this week that it will hold a free workshop on April 19 to share information, projects and new information from vendors with government agencies. The workshop, which is open to government and industry but not the public, is the latest in a seriesÃâà...
WUNC
March 17, 2018
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is handing out millions of dollars this year as part of its community health initiative. North Carolina Central University in Durham is one of the recipients. BCBS of North Carolina Lead Medical Director John Smith visited NC Central to make the announcement onÃâà...
wtkr.com
March 17, 2018
A coyote attacked a 9-year-old child in Davie County Thursday night, according to Davie County Animal Control. Animal Control received a report of an animal attack at 6:35 p.m.. The attack happened at 942 Markland Road in Advance. A coyote followed Madilyn Fowler to the door of her home and attackedÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 17, 2018
Cooper Names 8 to North Carolina Elections and Ethics Board. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has made his initial choices for a new state board that administers ... RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday announced his initial choices for a new state board that administers bothÃâà...
WLOS
March 17, 2018
Organizations and local law enforcement agencies across North Carolina are working together to encourage the public to safely dispose of unused, unwanted and expired medication. By providing safe and secure ways for people to get rid of unwanted prescription and over-the-counter medications, drug take backÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 17, 2018
NAGS HEAD, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina coastal town has hired a professional trapper to rid it of the coyotes roaming on the beaches and among the ... Last year, North Carolina hunters killed 45,568 coyotes and trappers captured and killed another 6,337, according to a report by the North CarolinaÃâà...
Winston-Salem Journal
March 15, 2018
The truth about UFOs is out there. Especially in the clear blue skies of North Carolina. Get this: North Carolina is just outside the top 10 list of states for UFO sightings, according to the National UFO Reporting Center in Davenport, Wash. The center lists 2,822 UFO sightings in North Carolina since the 1940s,Ãâà...
Deadspin
March 15, 2018
The town of Pembroke is located in North Carolina's Robeson County and is home to the second-largest tribe of Native Americans in the state, the Lumbee. The Lumbee number roughly 55,000 today; they totaled 31,000 around the time Kelvin Sampson was born, to Eva and John Sampson, in 1958.
WGN-TV
March 15, 2018
WILSON, N.C. – At 10 a.m. Wednesday, Justin Blackman got up from his desk and calmly walked out of Mr. Mendez's Spanish class. When he got outside, he discovered he was the only one. Of the approximately 700 students at Wilson Preparatory Academy in Wilson, North Carolina, 16-year-old JustinÃâà...
WTOP
March 15, 2018
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Federal officials have discovered a North Carolina veteran isn't dead yet. The Fayetteville Observer reported that 81-year-old Charles Covell of Fayetteville was surprised to learn that he had been declared dead by the Veterans Affairs Department last month. Covell's wifeÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 14, 2018
A North Carolina town has given permission for a university to fire up a news ticker which has sat dormant for the past several months. March 14, 2018, at 3:58 ... ELON, N.C. (AP) — What does a small North Carolina college town have in common with New York's Times Square? Both have a place to readÃâà...
WTAE Pittsburgh
March 13, 2018
WSOC-TV reports that the WWE star was charged in Cabarrus County after being in a single-vehicle crash Saturday. An arrest report says Hardy registered a 0.25 blood alcohol level on a Breathalyzer test. North Carolina's limit is 0.08 percent. Advertisement. Hardy and his brother, Matt Hardy, are knownÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 13, 2018
A sheriff's deputy has died in a crash during a chase in eastern North Carolina. March 12, 2018, at 12:52 p.m.. North Carolina Sheriff's Deputy Killed in Crash During ... The North Carolina Highway Patrol said 24-year-old Deputy David Manning was killed. Sheriff Cleveland Atkinson said he was sad for the loss of the deputy.
WECT-TV6
March 13, 2018
Six programs from the Tar Heels start are in this year's field of 68 teams (Davidson, Duke, N.C. State, North Carolina, North Carolina Central, UNC-Greensboro). Duke and North Carolina both expected to be playing deep into March, but that's not the case for all the teams. Davidson and North CarolinaÃâà...
Winston-Salem Journal
March 13, 2018
Strange Carolinas is holding another competition. This time, it is for The Best Brewery in North Carolina. Strange Carolinas is a travel and culture website of quirky things in the Carolinas. The website has held competitions for the best burger and the best taco in North Carolina. "In 2017, our readers choseÃâà...
Duke Chronicle
March 13, 2018
The National Rifle Association has had its crosshairs on North Carolina for decades, but the gun situation is far more complex than what its politics and culture would suggest. Though the NRA has spent more than $11.4 million toward the state's Senate races—the most for any sitting members ofÃâà...
News & Observer
March 13, 2018
More than three inches of snow and sleet accumulated in parts of central North Carolina by Monday evening, and was still falling. The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for parts of central North Carolina, including Wake, Chatham, Orange, Durham, Johnston and Harnett counties,Ãâà...
Greensboro News & Record
March 13, 2018
Duke guard Grayson Allen, front, drives against North Carolina guard Joel Berry II during the first half of the Atlantic Coast Conference men's tournament semifinals Friday, March 9, 2018, in New York. Both the Blue Devils and Tar Heels earned No. 2 seeds in the 2018 NCAA college basketball tournament.
WNCN
March 13, 2018
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Snow fell throughout central North Carolina on Monday with varying amounts throughout the region. The most snow seemed to fall in Person County in the Triangle region, according to data from the National Weather Service. Further west, more than 5 inches fell in GuilfordÃâà...
Seattle Times
March 10, 2018
BENSON, N.C. (AP) — Sheriff's deputies in North Carolina have arrested seven teenagers who they say illegally entered a high school and got into a fight with a school resource officer. The Johnston County Sheriff's Office told local media that the officer detained four of the teens on Friday. Capt.
Streaking The Lawn (blog)
March 10, 2018
By their usual standards, North Carolina has had a disappointing season. After finishing 33-7 and winning the national title last year, the Tar Heels have lost nine games already this season. That includes a home loss to Wofford, along with home losses to NC State and Miami. But, they also beat Duke twice,Ãâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 10, 2018
The school's Center for Bat Research, Outreach and Conservation received the grant from the North Carolina Department of Transportation for a three-year study of the distribution, preferred ... She says the research will include tagging bats with transmitters to track them around Asheville, North Carolina.
Seattle Times
March 10, 2018
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Officials in a North Carolina city see an area around an airport as the potential source of a contaminant in its drinking water. The News & Record of Greensboro reports city officials are pointing specifically to a place near Piedmont Triad International Airport where firefightersÃâà...
CBS New York
March 10, 2018
RALEIGH, N.C. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A white police officer shown on video beating a black pedestrian has been charged with felony assault in a North Carolina case that sparked outrage over use of excessive force. Body camera video shows the confrontation between then-Officer Chris Hickman andÃâà...
wtvr.com
March 10, 2018
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WTKR) — One of the 76 cargo containers that fell into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Oregon Inlet, North Carolina, on March 3, had almost 6,000 pounds of sulfuric acid in it. The Coast Guard confirmed in a press release that A. P. Moller-Maersk reported that the container missingÃâà...
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