Latest North Carolina Headlines
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North Carolina Supreme Court Upholds Blame on DOT for Crash that Killed 3
Sep 27 2016 // North Carolina’s highest court has upheld earlier rulings that the state Department of Transportation’s failure to install traffic signals at a Charlotte-area intersection helped cause an accident that killed...
Tropical Storm Julia Leaves Wet Mess Behind in North Carolina
Sep 27 2016 // Damage from flooding in eastern North Carolina approached the level of destruction left behind by Hurricane Irene in 2011, Gov. Pat McCrory said Friday. But instead of the hurricane’s storm surge, the cause of this...
Duke Energy to Pay $6M for North Carolina Chemical Plant Spill
Sep 27 2016 // Duke Energy Corp. has agreed to pay a $6 million fine for a big spill that coated the Dan River with liquefied coal ash in 2014, North Carolina’s environment agency said Friday. The fine holds Duke Energy accountable...
Protests Over Police Shooting Shut Down Downtown Charlotte
Sep 23 2016 // Streets appeared calm early Thursday in downtown Charlotte after a second night of violent protests over the deadly police shooting of a black man, although at least three major businesses were asking their employees to...
Charter Bus Crashes Into North Carolina Overpass Killing 4, Injuring At Least 40
Sep 19 2016 // North Carolina state troopers say four people were killed and more than 40 were injured in a charter bus crash Saturday near Rockingham. Between 40 and 50 people were hurt in the crash and all were transported to...
Officials Claim Corroded Wire Led to Teen’s Death in North Carolina Pool
Sep 16 2016 // A report from officials in Wake County, N.C., say a corroded wire sent an electrical current into a swimming pool where a 17-year-old lifeguard was electrocuted and drowned earlier this month. Rachel Rosoff died at a...
Suspects in Multiple Break-Ins, Theft of 26 Guns, Arrested in North Carolina
Sep 12 2016 // Deputies in Pamlico County, N.C., say three men have been arrested in connection with multiple break-ins and the theft of more than two dozen guns. Pamlico County Sheriff Chris Davis told local media outlets on Friday that...
22 Displaced by North Carolina Apartment Complex Fire Allegedly Started by Resident
Sep 8 2016 // Firefighters rescued four adults and an infant from a burning apartment complex in east Charlotte, N.C., that officials believe was intentionally set. News outlets report that 21-year-old Shontavia Gingles is accused of...
In Flood Risk Modeling, Resolution Matters – Even When You Think It Shouldn’t
Sep 7 2016 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. We have all seen the dramatic pictures of destruction and loss after a devastating flood event. Usually, the scene is depicted as a sea of water inundating broad areas...
Tropical Weather System Approaches Southeast States
Aug 31 2016 // Crowds thinned Tuesday on the beaches of North Carolina’s Outer Banks ahead of a tropical weather system that threatened to bring strong winds and heavy rains that could flood low-lying areas. Elsewhere, a powerful...
Homes Evacuated, 7 Workers Treated After Chemical Interaction at North Carolina Plant
Aug 31 2016 // Authorities in North Carolina say seven workers were treated at a hospital for minor injuries and several nearby homes were evacuated as a precaution after cleaning chemicals interacted at a meat packing plant in the...
North Carolina’s Fort Bragg Launches Program to Tackle Aggressive Driving
Aug 30 2016 // Officials at Fort Bragg in N.C., say they’re expanding a driver improvement program aimed at cutting down on aggressive and dangerous driving on post. The Fayetteville Observer reports that starting Sept. 1, service...
North Carolina Town to Expand Traffic Cameras After Collecting $1.3M in Fines
Aug 25 2016 // One of the few North Carolina cities using red-light cameras plans to expand their use after local schools collected $1.3 million in 13 months from thousands of ticketed drivers. The Fayetteville Observer reported that...
North Carolina Agent Accused of Submitting Fraudulent Auto Policies to Allstate
Aug 22 2016 // A North Carolina insurance agent has been arrested and accused of creating false auto policies, according to a statement from North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin. Eddie Ray Butler, 29, formerly of...
North Carolina Court Upholds Commissioner’s 25% Rate Increase Rejection
Aug 22 2016 // North Carolina’s insurance commissioner had plenty of justification to reject a 2014 request by insurers to raise homeowners’ premiums by an average of 25 percent, the state Court of Appeals ruled Aug....
North Carolina Resident Fed Up as Home Hit by Car for the 6th Time in 12 Years
Aug 17 2016 // A North Carolina man says he’s getting close to giving up on his home in Raleigh after it was hit by a driver for the sixth time. WTVD-TV reported Sunday that Carlo Bernarte says he’s fed up with the half-dozen...
Judge Drops NCAA from ‘Academic Sham’ Lawsuit by Ex-North Carolina Athletes
Aug 15 2016 // A federal judge has granted the NCAA’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by two former North Carolina athletes seeking to hold college sports’ governing body at least partly responsible for the school’s...
North Carolina Tackles Insurance Rate Evasion Fraud, Updates Captive Laws
Aug 9 2016 // North Carolina has made several changes encompassing fraud, captives and flood insurance regulations to its state insurance laws. New legislation, House Bill 287, was approved June 30 by state lawmakers and signed into law...
Court Upholds 25% Rate Increase Rejection for North Carolina Homeowners
Aug 8 2016 // North Carolina’s insurance commissioner had plenty of justification to reject a 2014 request by insurers to raise homeowners’ premiums by an average of 25 percent, the state Court of Appeals ruled August...
N.C. Tackles Insurance Rate Evasion Fraud, Captive Insurance
Aug 8 2016 // North Carolina has made several changes encompassing fraud, captives and flood insurance regulations to its state insurance laws. The legislation, House Bill 287, was approved June 30 by state lawmakers and signed into law...
