Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
North Carolina Pizza Firm Loses Right to Use Gallo Name
Jun 30 2014 // A small Asheville food company will be carrying a new name because a winery didn’t like the old one The Asheville Citizen-Times reported that husband-and-wife team Tom Gallo and Susan Devitt have been forced by E....
North Carolina House Nixes Drugmakers’ Product Liability Protection
Jun 27 2014 // Efforts by business leaders to give companies more protections from North Carolina product liability lawsuits appear derailed in the House. A House panel this week endorsed a Senate measure that previously would have made...
North Carolina Debates Mandating Moped Registration
Jun 22 2014 // Moped drivers across North Carolina will have to register their bikes by next summer if a House measure approved last week becomes law, which opponents say would hurt low-income people who have no other means to get...
North Carolina Bill Would Force Duke to Close Coal Ash Sites Over 15 Years
Jun 18 2014 // A bill backed by key North Carolina lawmakers would require Duke Energy to close all of its coal ash dumps across the state within 15 years, with much of the toxic material going into lined landfills. The Associated Press...
Citizens Near North Carolina Coal Ash Sites Fear Health Effects
Jun 18 2014 // The sweet tea served in the tidy kitchen of Joanne Thomas’ antebellum home in Dukeville, North Carolina, comes with an ominous warning. “It’s made with bottled water,” says Thomas, a spry...
Business Moves
Jun 16 2014 // Marsh & McLennan Agency, Senn Dunn Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC has acquired Senn Dunn Insurance in North Carolina. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1927, Senn Dunn has annual revenue of...
On the Road: Are America’s Guardrails Dangerous?
Jun 13 2014 // Before dawn on Feb. 23, Darius Williams ran his Nissan Sentra off a North Carolina interstate at 80 miles per hour. A length of guardrail pierced his door, according to the police report, driving the 24-year-old’s...
Judge Allows Coal Ash Suit Against Duke Energy in North Carolina
Jun 12 2014 // A federal judge says a lawsuit accusing Duke Energy coal ash pits of polluting a lake near Wilmington can move forward. The Southern Environmental Law Center filed a lawsuit last year on behalf of environmental groups,...
Marsh & McLennan Agency Acquires Senn Dunn in North Carolina
Jun 2 2014 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA) said it has acquired Senn Dunn Insurance in North Carolina. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1927, Senn Dunn has annual revenue of approximately $30 million and...
North Carolina Wants Shorter Sea Level Forecast
Jun 2 2014 // A North Carolina commission is asking scientists to only make a 30-year prediction of how fast the ocean will rise off the state’s coast. The N.C. Coastal Resources Commission caused an uproar in 2010 when its...
North Carolina Start-Up’s Software Tracks Fraud in Packaging, Documents
May 29 2014 // By snapping a picture with his mobile phone, Hersh Tapadia demonstrated how an app developed by the Durham-based anti-counterfeiting technology company CertiRx Corp. could find fraudulent changes on a prescription drug...
North Carolina Republicans Pursue Deregulation, Product Liability Immunity
May 27 2014 // Since taking over the legislature in 2011, North Carolina Republicans have trumpeted passing legislation designed to draw back the hand of government hanging over the private sector by getting rid of regulations they...
Shareholders Sue Duke Energy Over North Carolina Coal Ash Liability
May 23 2014 // Duke Energy Corp. shareholders accused the board of exposing the company to billions of dollars in liability by failing to clean up coal-ash ponds in North Carolina, setting up another legal challenge for the largest U.S....
North Carolina Senate Votes to Make Disclosure of Fracking Chemicals Illegal
May 23 2014 // The North Carolina Senate on Thursday voted to make it a crime to disclose the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, even as big U.S. oil companies elsewhere consider releasing more information about the...
North Carolina Jury Deadlocks in John Edwards’ Malpractice Trial Against Doctor
May 19 2014 // Former U.S. senator and Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards’ return to the courtroom as a lawyer ended with a settlement and a mistrial. A jury in Pitt County deadlocked last week on whether to hold an...
North Carolina Medical Examiners’ Practices Faulted
May 19 2014 // Across North Carolina, medical examiners fail to follow crucial investigative steps, raising questions about the accuracy of thousands of death rulings, a Charlotte Observer investigation found. The living face the...
Towne Insurance Acquires North Carolina’s Southern Insurance Agency
May 9 2014 // Towne Insurance, a subsidiary of Virginia based TowneBank, has acquired Southern Insurance Agency Inc. in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The deal continues Towne’s expansion in North Carolina. Southern Insurance will...
North Carolina Ruling Voids Government Immunity for Medical Examiner
May 5 2014 // A North Carolina agency’s ruling that a family should be paid nearly $400,000 for their anguish after a medical examiner misidentified a body and sent it to the wrong funeral home could open the door to similar...
People – Southeast
May 5 2014 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers (Big “I”) recently awarded agent Cloyce Anders of North Carolina with the Woodworth Memorial Award, the highest honor the association bestows on one of its...
Duke Puts $10B Pricetag on North Carolina Coal-Ash Cleanup
Apr 24 2014 // Duke Energy Corp. said the total tab for cleaning up its North Carolina coal-ash dumps may reach $10 billion amid a call for national rules to regulate the disposal of the fossil-fuel byproduct. Duke plans to spend $2...
