A North Carolina man was charged with one count each of insurance fraud, obtaining property by false pretense and conspiracy to obtain property by false pretense, according to an announcement made by Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin last week. Department of …
North Carolina health officials say human error in computer programming is to blame for last week’s massive privacy breach where cards with the personal information of nearly 49,000 children receiving Medicaid benefits were mailed to the wrong addresses. A statement …
The group representing companies that provide homeowners insurance in North Carolina is seeking an average increase of more than 25 percent, a request the state insurance commissioner describes as appalling. Officials with the state Insurance Department said the N.C. Rate …
The family of a North Carolina teenager shot and killed by a stray bullet is suing the gunmaker. A state lawsuit filed Monday in Charlotte says the Remington Model 700 rifle misfired and the company was negligent in making it. …
The N.C. Department of Transportation is closing the Bonner Bridge on the Outer Banks because of immediate safety concerns. A statement on Tuesday said routine sonar scanning identified areas where too much sand has eroded from the support structure. As …
The rate of injuries or illnesses at work has dropped in North Carolina. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported that the North Carolina Department of Labor reports the rate of injuries or sickness dropped last year to 2.9 incidents …
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the arrest of Raquel Pineda, 31, of 271 Zion Church Road, Mount Olive; she was charged with one count each of insurance fraud and obtaining property by false pretense. Department of Insurance criminal …
A compounding pharmacy in Asheville, N.C., is recalling sterile products because of the possibility of contamination. Nature’s Pharmacy and Compounding Center is voluntarily recalling sterile products produced over a six-month period, The Asheville Citizen-Times reported. The U.S. Food and Drug …
During a time when he was consumed with grief, an area man turned to a project to help others avoid the pain he was going through. Doug Herbert, a professional drag racer and owner of Doug Herbert Performance Parts, lost …
William Henry Bullock of Knightdale, N.C., was arrested and charged with one count of obtaining property by false pretense, according to an announcement by Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin. Department of Insurance criminal investigators allege that Bullock falsely reported his Ford …