Category Archives: State News

North Carolina prepares to start easing COVID-19 restrictions.With the number of newly reported cases and hospitalizations trending in the right direction, Gov. Roy Cooper Wednesday announced the end ...

VIRUS OUTBREAKStates pass their own virus aid, not waiting on WashingtonANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - States are not willing to wait for more federal help and have been moving ahead with their own coronavirus...

VIRUS CLAIM-ASSAULT CHARGEPolice: Woman claimed to have virus, blew into deputy’s faceLINCOLNTON, N.C. (AP) - Authorities in North Carolina say that a woman has been charged after she claimed to...

OFFICER SHOT-ARKANSASArkansas officer expected to fully recover after shootingLONOKE, Ark. (AP) - Authorities say an Arkansas police officer who was shot multiple times during a confrontation at a fas...

FSU CHANCELLORAllison elected chancellor at Fayetteville State University.FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Darrell T. Allison has been elected to be chancellor at Fayetteville State University. The Fayettevi...

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...