Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.C.: Gabrielle Leaves Wet but Undamaged Outer Banks for Open Sea
Sep 11 2007 // Tropical Storm Gabrielle struggled to stay organized as it moved back over the Atlantic Ocean early Monday, leaving in its wake wet but largely unimpressed vacationers and surfers on North Carolina’s Outer...
Gabrielle Aiming at North Carolina Coast
Sep 10 2007 // Tropical Storm Gabrielle began to shower North Carolina’s Outer Banks with rain and batter them with high winds Sunday as the storm slogged slowly toward the coast. Forecasters expected the storm to increase its wind...
N.C. gets funds for flood maps
Sep 3 2007 // North Carolina will receive a $4 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for a flood plain mapping project, according to Sen. Elizabeth Dole. “This funding will help protect North Carolinians and...
N.C. Man Enters Plea Agreement on Insurance Fraud Charge
Aug 31 2007 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline, announced today that Nathan James Sigmon pleaded guilty last week to one felony count of conspiracy to commit insurance fraud. Sigmon, age 24 of Newton, N.C., was...
Wells Fargo Insurance Names Managing Director of N.C. Operations
Aug 30 2007 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services selected Steve Smith senior vice president, managing director of its North Carolina operations. Prior to joining Wells Fargo in 2006, Smith held leadership positions with CNA Financial, The...
Insurer’s Civil Suit Warning Halts Probe of N.C. Lacrosse Rape Case
Aug 29 2007 // A special committee probing the Durham, N.C. Police Department’s handing of the Duke lacrosse rape case has stopped its work because the city’s liability insurance provider warned that findings could provide...
Fire Damages 50 Businesses in N.C. Town; Disaster Declared
Aug 28 2007 // Federal officials declared Spruce Pine, N.C. a disaster area based on a request Gov. Mike Easley made shortly after a fire destroyed parts of downtown. The governor’s office said more than 50 businesses were affected...
N.C. Receives $4 Million for Flood Plain Mapping Project
Aug 21 2007 // North Carolina will receive a $4 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for a flood plain mapping project, Sen. Elizabeth Dole announced last week. “This funding will help protect North...
N.C. Mountain Planners Learn to Look Out for Landslide Dangers
Aug 10 2007 // Landslides like the one that killed residents of a western North Carolina community three years ago are a more common threat to mountain dwellers than they might seem, so the region’s planners are trying to learn how...
N.C. House approves public financing for insurance commissioner race and others
Aug 6 2007 // The North Carolina House narrowly approved the expansion of a voluntary public financing program for three more statewide elected offices, a move meant to reduce the influence of special interest money. Under the proposal,...
N.C. caps some medical malpractice damages
Aug 6 2007 // North Carolina lawmakers made a mild breakthrough recently on medical malpractice reform, agreeing to limit monetary damages in certain health care negligence cases. The bill would cap damages in negligence cases involving...
N.C. caps some medical malpractice damages
Aug 6 2007 // North Carolina lawmakers made a mild breakthrough recently on medical malpractice reform, agreeing to limit monetary damages in certain health care negligence cases. The bill would cap damages in negligence cases involving...
N.C. House approves public financing for insurance commissioner race and others
Aug 6 2007 // The North Carolina House narrowly approved the expansion of a voluntary public financing program for three more statewide elected offices, a move meant to reduce the influence of special interest money. Under the proposal,...
Report: Inadequate Safety Controls Led to Fatal N.C. Plant Explosion
Aug 2 2007 // Inadequate safety controls for chemical reaction hazards led to an explosion at a North Carolina chemical plant that killed one worker and injured 14 others last year in Morganton, federal safety investigators said...
Warner Joins N.C.-Based TriSure
Jul 31 2007 // Cheryl Warner has joined TriSure Corp. as a client executive in the firm’s property and casualty insurance division where she will focus on new business development. Warner has 20 years of professional experience in...
N.C. Approves Public Financing for Insurance Commissioner, Others
Jul 30 2007 // The North Carolina House narrowly approved the expansion of a voluntary public financing program for three more statewide elected offices, a move meant to reduce the influence of special interest money. Under the proposal,...
N.C. Lawmakers Approve Cap on Medical Malpractice Damage Awards
Jul 24 2007 // North Carolina lawmakers made a mild breakthrough last week on medical malpractice reform, agreeing to limit monetary damages in certain health care negligence cases. The bill would cap monetary damages in negligence cases...
News Currents
Jul 23 2007 // N.C. braces for flood insurance rate surge under new building code Thousands of coastal North Carolina residents could see insurance rates surge this fall as state regulators weigh higher insurance costs against the rising...
Report: N.C. among states with worst traffic, S.C. among best roads
Jul 23 2007 // Nearly 52 percent of U.S. urban Interstates are now congested and traffic fatality rates rose slightly, but road surface conditions and bridge conditions improved, according to the Reason Foundation’s latest annual...
N.C. Provides Weather Radios for Sr. Citizens
Jul 19 2007 // Gov. Mike Easley announced that 164 senior centers in North Carolina will soon receive a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration radio to warn seniors and staff members of tornadoes, hurricanes and other...
