Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Weather Service Confirms Tornado Near Wilmington, North Carolina
May 9 2016 // The National Weather Service says a tornado struck northern New Hanover County, uprooting trees and damaging some homes. The storm hit in the Ogden area about 2:30 p.m. Thursday. The National Weather Service in Wilmington...
U.S. Justice Dept. to North Carolina: LGBT Law Violates Federal Civil Rights Act
May 6 2016 // A North Carolina law limiting protections to LGBT people violates federal civil rights laws and can’t be enforced, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday, putting the state on notice that it is in danger of being...
Study: Economic Impact of North Carolina Captives Increased by $12.8M in 2015
Apr 18 2016 // The economic impact of North Carolina’s captive insurance company program increased significantly in its second full year of operation, according to a study conducted by the North Carolina Department of...
North Carolina Gov Pushes for Changes to Controversial Discrimination Law
Apr 14 2016 // North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory said Tuesday he wants to change a new state law that prevents people from suing over discrimination in state court, but he’s not challenging a measure regarding bathroom access for...
Powell to Retire from North Carolina Agents Group; Will Join Appalachian State University
Apr 12 2016 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) announced that E. Stuart Powell Jr., MA, CPCU, CIC, CLU, ChFC, ARM, AMIM, AAI, ARe, CRIS will retire on July 31, 2016 from his current position as vice president...
Ava Gardner Museum in North Carolina Seeking Funds for Fire Protection System
Apr 10 2016 // The life of a Hollywood starlet may be full of glitz and glamor, but even diamonds can lose their shine after decades, satin and silk can unravel, letters and photos could become just so much dust. Since the 1980s,...
Study: Economic Impact of North Carolina Captives Increased by $12.8M in 2015
Apr 8 2016 // The economic impact of North Carolina’s captive insurance company program increased significantly in its second full year of operation, according to a study conducted by the North Carolina Department of...
North Carolina Arrests 2, Seeks 3 Others Behind Staged Car Accident
Apr 5 2016 // Two individuals in North Carolina have been arrested in connection with an alleged staged auto accident, according to a statement from North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin. Investigators are also currently...
North Carolina Tosses 175 DUI, Traffic Cases From Officer Who Lied in Court
Apr 4 2016 // The district attorney in Wake County, North Carolina, has dismissed 104 DWI cases and another 71 traffic-related offenses after a sheriff’s deputy was found to have lied on the stand. Local media outlets said...
North Carolina Touts Successful Second Year of Captive Insurance Program
Apr 4 2016 // North Carolina’s captive insurance program continues to exceed expectations as the program enters its third full year of operation, according to North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin. The North Carolina...
6 North Carolina Residents Accused of Staging Car Accident
Apr 1 2016 // Four North Carolina individuals have been arrested in connection with an alleged staged auto accident, according to North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin. Investigators are still seeking two other suspects in...
North Carolina Resident Accused of Using Insurance Claim Check for Personal Use
Mar 31 2016 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the arrest of Alison Keli Underwood, 24, of Asheboro, N.C.; she is charged with one count of obtaining property by false pretense. NCDOI criminal investigators...
North Carolina-Based Duke Energy to Turn Pig Poop Into Power
Mar 25 2016 // Duke Energy Corp. announced plans to expand its renewable energy from livestock waste, adding poop power to investments the country’s largest electric company has made in whirring wind turbines and acres of solar...
Dry, Windy Weather in North Carolina Increasing Mountain Wildfires
Mar 21 2016 // Windy and dry conditions are causing an increase in the number of wildfires in the North Carolina mountains. Media outlets report that a 60-acre fire near Bearwallow Mountain southeast of Asheville that firefighters have...
North Carolina Couple Charged with Defrauding Insurance Company
Mar 18 2016 // A Fayetteville, North Carolina, couple is accused by authorities of trying to defraud an insurance company after submitting altered receipts for property they said was stolen. The Fayetteville Observer reports Maria Alta...
North Carolina Man Charged with Insurance Fraud Over Stolen Trailer Claim
Mar 16 2016 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the arrest of Dale McKinley Montford, 55, of Jacksonville; he is charged with two counts of insurance fraud and one count each of obtaining property by false...
North Carolina Insurance Dept. Reports $29.8M in Savings, Recoveries in 2015
Mar 15 2016 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance saved or recovered $29.8 million for North Carolinians in 2015, according to a statement from North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin. In 2015, the Department of...
North Carolina Therapist Awarded $3.6M in Wrongful Termination Case
Mar 11 2016 // A North Carolina therapist who said she was fired after reporting patient neglect has won a $3.6 million award from a Buncombe County jury. The Asheville Citizen-Times reports the Superior Court jury awarded the money...
North Carolina Regulators Claim Duke Energy Coal Ash Pits Polluting Water
Mar 8 2016 // Duke Energy is violating state pollution laws because its coal ash pits are polluting nearby waterways, North Carolina environmental regulators said Friday. Fines are being considered. The state Division of Water Resources...
Fraud Report
Mar 7 2016 // Florida’s Citizens Launches Campaign to Combat Abuse Claims Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has launched a multi-faceted education campaign in an attempt to combat what it has called a disturbing increase of fraud...
