Category Archives: State News

RACIAL INJUSTICE-BIRMINGHAM‘Foot soldiers’ of Birmingham to BLM: ‘Keep on keeping on’BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Hundreds of teenagers and adults helped change the world nearly 60 ...

VIRUS OUTBREAK-BELATED COMMENCEMENTS‘Last hurrah’: 2020 college grads finally get ceremoniesWESTERVILLE, Ohio (AP) - Scores of college campuses around the U.S. are offering their 2020 grad...

VIRUS OUTBREAK_NORTH CAROLINAMost North Carolina adults have now gotten a COVID-19 shotRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Most North Carolina adults have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot. The state Depar...

NORTH CAROLINA-DEPUTY SHOOTINGMourners gathering Monday for funeral of Andrew Brown Jr.ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) - Mourners are gathering for the funeral of Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man shot and kill...

As part of its litter removal efforts, N.C. Department of Transportation crews, contractors and volunteers have now collected more than 5 million pounds of litter from roadsides this year.This year's ...

NORTH CAROLINA-DEPUTY SHOOTINGCurfew made later after protests over shooting of Black manELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina city where a Black man was shot and killed by deputies said Friday...

STANDOFF-DEPUTIES SHOTNC Sheriff: 2 deputies killed, suspect and 2 others deadBOONE, N.C. (AP) - Authorities say two North Carolina sheriff's deputies were killed and three other people including a su...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has decided to lift the state’s outdoor mask mandate. He is also increasing indoor and outdoor gathering limits. Starting Friday, 100 people c...

As North Carolina’s vibrant agricultural industry becomes more present on the roadways this time of year, the State Highway Patrol reminds motorist of practices they can take to keep everyone sa...

APPLE-US INVESTMENTSApple announces 1st East Coast campus in North CarolinaApple plans to invest more than $1 billion in North Carolina to build the company's first East Coast campus. The move is expe...