Category Archives: State News

VIRUS OUTBREAK-VACCINESNorth Carolina moves to limit out-of-state access to vaccineRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina public health officials are shifting their guidance to improve access to the vacc...

- From the Office of Rep. John Bell -State Representatives John Szoka (R-Cumberland), John Bell (R-Wayne), John Bradford (R-Mecklenburg) and Diane Wheatley (R-Cumberland) filed House Bill 83 today to ...

AP-US-WINTER-WEATHERWinter’s wrath: Bitter cold, no power and a deadly tornadoRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - An apparent tornado has killed at least three people in a seaside town in North Carolina, at th...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina is in a stronger financial position than budget analysts anticipated last year at the start of the pandemic. A group of economists at the Office of State Budget and...

TEEN DRIVING TESTSDMV has started offering altered road tests for teen driversRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's Division of Motor Vehicles has started offering road tests to teen drivers again. Th...

(NORTH CAROLINA NEWS NETWORK) — By a mostly party line vote, the State House approved a bill to get more kids back to in person learning.While both supporters and opponents of the bill agreed th...

VIRUS OUTBREAK-FLORIDA TOURISMOrlando launches first tourism ad campaign since pandemicORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Tourism officials in Orlando are launching their first full-scale marketing campaign since t...

XGR-VIRUS OUTBREAK-RELIEF BILLCooper signs COVID relief bill distributing federal moneyRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has signed a bill from state lawmakers that will distribute m...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina state senators have sent a bill over to the House that would require K-12 public schools to offer an option of at least some in-person instruction to students. Teac...

North Carolina is taking steps to ensure the COVID-19 vaccine is administered equitably to all people and groups across the state.In a media briefing Tuesday, Gov. Roy Cooper said distributing vaccine...