Authorities in western North Carolina say at least three people have been killed in accidents involving motorcycles during Motorcycle Awareness Month. The Asheville Citizen-Times reports that officials expect more fatalities as the weather gets warmer. During the past five years …
General Motors has offered to help the North Carolina Highway Patrol in its investigation of a traffic accident that killed a high school teacher. The Fayetteville Observer reports troopers are considering a theory that the 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt driven by …
Samuel Nathaniel Sartor, a North Carolina resident, was arrested and charged with one count each of insurance fraud and attempting to obtain property by false pretense. Department of Insurance criminal investigators allege that on Feb. 8, 2014, Sartor provided false …
A North Carolina agency has ruled a family should be paid nearly $400,000 for their anguish after a medical examiner misidentified a body, sending it to the wrong funeral home. The Charlotte Observer reports the decision could open the door …
The numbers of teen driving deaths and injuries have fallen in North Carolina but moving violations are up since the General Assembly imposed new requirements on young drivers and their parents before teens can drive fully on their own, the …
President Obama has declared a major disaster in North Carolina for damage caused by a winter storm in nine counties in early March. Obama signed the declaration Monday for Alamance, Caswell, Davidson, Davie, Granville, Guilford, Orange, Person and Randolph counties. …
The National Weather Service has confirmed a tornado hit two Wake County, N.C., towns. The weather service said Sunday that a tornado with winds of 80 mph touched down in Garner shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday. The storm caused some …
North Carolina’s commercial building rules will now be revised every six years, falling in line with the gap between residential codes recently approved by the General Assembly. A divided state Building Code Council voted this week to move the cycle …
The North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners could change rules on emergency response and training after a second death linked to “conscious sedation.” The News & Observer of Raleigh reported the board is asking for public and professional comment on …
A team of academic researchers equipped with a drone estimates that up to 35 million gallons of coal ash and contaminated wastewater spilled into North Carolina’s Dan River earlier this month. Researchers at Wake Forest University’s Center for Energy, Environment …