State health officials say the North Carolina State Fair is the focus of the investigation of an E. coli outbreak that has made at least nine people sick. Fifteen other cases are under investigation. State epidemiologist Dr. Megan Davies says …
The federal agency charged with helping recovery efforts in the wake of disasters wants to show North Carolinians how to make houses better able to withstand damage from major storms. The Federal Emergency Management Agency will show off what it …
Three children were taken to hospitals for treatment after a chemistry experiment went wrong at a North Carolina high school. The accident happened Tuesday at E.E. Smith High School in Fayetteville. Cumberland County schools spokeswoman Renarta Moyd said the experiment …
Fourteen people have been hurt after a car hit two buses carrying members of a high school band in Winston-Salem. Police say the wreck happened late Saturday night after a car crossed the centerline of a road and hit an …
Officials at Fort Bragg say there were no serious injuries in a parachute accident earlier this week. The Fayetteville Observer reported a special operations soldier hurt Tuesday appears to have escaped serious injury. A second soldier was taken to Womack …
A North Carolina Marine Corps base is investigating why people attending a chili festival were hurt by flying debris as a military helicopter took off. Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point spokesman Mike Barton said Sunday investigators haven’t spoken to …
The Marine Corps says a number of people were injured by debris sent flying by wind from a military helicopter’s rotors as it departed the Havelock Chili Festival. Marine officials said in a news release that the debris was swept …
North Carolina motorists who want to know the regions of the state where they have to be especially vigilant about deer now have an online tool to help. The state Department of Transportation has maps available by county on its …
North Carolina’s insurance commissioner is touring areas of the state badly damaged by Hurricane Irene because of concerns that some residents trying to file claims are being mistreated. Commissioner Wayne Goodwin will be in Washington County on Thursday and will …
Driving along the back roads of Bertie County, it’s hard sometimes to tell one disaster’s damage from another. That huge old tree, its limbs chopped and stacked after falling across a road, was definitely toppled by Hurricane Irene. But what …