Twenty years after the worst industrial accident in North Carolina history, there are signs that progress in worker safety made after the deaths of 25 people in a chicken plant fire is beginning to wane. The Charlotte Observer reported Sunday …
North Carolina’s governor says preliminary losses from Hurricane Irene now top $400 million in North Carolina. Gov. Beverly Perdue said Friday that agricultural losses represent the bulk of the figure, at more than $320 million. They’re followed by local government …
East Carolina University officials estimate that damage to the campus caused by Hurricane Irene could reach $1 million. Vice chancellor for finance and administration Rick Niswander said the figure is an early estimate and could change. Irene left downed trees, …
North Carolina farmers felt the financial weight of Hurricane Irene’s winds and heavy rains Sunday as inspections following the storm revealed damage to field crops, poultry and other agricultural businesses. State political and agricultural leaders touring eastern North Carolina the …
Hurricane Irene washed away homes in the Bahamas Thursday as its battering winds and rain headed toward the U.S. eastern seaboard including densely populated New York and New England. U.S. emergency officials have urged residents from the Carolinas north to …
With Hurricane Irene approaching, evacuations began on a tiny barrier island off North Carolina early Wednesday in what would be a test of whether people in the crosshairs of what could be the first major storm in years along the …
Every property owner in North Carolina has a financial stake in the damage risk posed by Hurricane Irene, which could become the first to hit the state since a new method of paying for coastal storm damage allowed for reaching …
Caught square in the path of Irene, the first major hurricane of the season, the coastal insurance plans in North and South Carolina are prepared to absorb what may be their first major losses in years. Both plans appear to …
A new report says a faulty water pipe contributed to the death of an Asheville firefighter during a blaze later determined to be arson. The Asheville Citizen-Times reports that Capt. Jeff Bowen was unable to get water from one of …
Authorities are looking to arrest a man they say stole an airplane from a North Carolina airport and crashed it before getting away. The Alamance County Sheriff’s Office said on Wednesday that 46-year-old Curtis Rene Mellott stole the single-engine Piper …