BLOOD SUPPLY SHORTAGE Some North Carolina hospitals dangerously low on blood RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Leaders of the agencies that provide blood to some North Carolina hospitals say the easing of the coronavirus pandemic has created potentially dangerous shortages. As people get out and about more, injuries from car crashes and other traumas are increasing,…… read more »
Category Archives: State News
North Carolina News – July 16
N.C. COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations Increasing
(NORTH CAROLINA NEWS NETWORK) — There are new COVID-19 concerns in North Carolina. Dr. Mandy Cohen, the Secretary of the state Department of Health and Human Services, has confirmed the highest amount of new COVID cases in over two months. North Carolina had over 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 reported each day on Wednesday and…… read more »
North Carolina News – July 15
ENERGY BILL Bill to retire coal-fired plants gets initial NC House OK RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Legislation that could shape North Carolina electricity production for decades has received initial approval by the House. Republicans pushing the bill say it promotes an all-of-the-above energy strategy while reducing carbon emissions and keeping power reliable and affordable. The…… read more »
North Carolina News – July 14
DEPUTY SHOOTING-NORTH CAROLINA Family files $30M suit over deputies’ shooting of Black man The family of an unarmed Black man who was fatally shot by sheriff’s deputies in North Carolina has filed a $30 million civil rights lawsuit. Wednesday’s filing in federal court says Andrew Brown Jr. died because of the deputies’ “reckless disregard of…… read more »
North Carolina News – July 13
BLACK SOFTBALL PLAYER-HAIRCUT Rules changed after Black softball player had to cut hair The national governing body for high school athletics has changed its softball rules after a Black player in North Carolina was forced to cut her hair because of the beads she was wearing. The Charlotte Observer reports the National Federation of High…… read more »
North Carolina News – July 12
NAACP- INNOCENCE CLAIM Man still seeking pardon, compensation after leaving prison RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man who served 26 years in prison for a murder he said he didn’t commit is still seeking a pardon and compensation. Dontae Sharpe told The Raleigh News & Observer on Friday that he wants to be…… read more »
North Carolina News – July 9
BC-US-ELECTION 2022-NORTH CAROLINA North Carolina GOP senate candidate Pat McCrory raises $1.2M RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republican North Carolina U.S. Senate candidate Pat McCrory raised more than $1.2 million in his first fundraising haul between April and June. The former Charlotte mayor who lost a pair of general election gubernatorial bids in 2008 and 2016…… read more »
North Carolina News – July 8
AP-US-ELECTION-2022-NORTH-CAROLINA Democratic US Senate candidate Cheri Beasley raises $1.3M RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Cheri Beasley of North Carolina has raised nearly $1.3 million in little more than two months since entering the race in April. Her campaign announced the total Wednesday. The former state Supreme Court chief justice is gearing up…… read more »
North Carolina News – July 7
AP-US-EDITOR-JAILED-NORTH-CAROLINA Judge jails editor over reporter’s use of recorder in court RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina judge sent a small-town newspaper editor to jail after one of his reporters brought an audio recorder to court. Superior Court Judge Stephan Futrell charged a Richmond County Daily Journal news editor and a staff writer with…… read more »
North Carolina News – July 6
TUBING DEATHS Body of last missing tuber found after deadly dam accident EDEN, N.C. (AP) — The body of the last person missing from a North Carolina river accident that killed five people has been found, weeks after a family rode inflatable tubes over a relatively small but dangerous Duke Energy dam. The Rockingham County…… read more »
