Category Archives: State News

A significant amount of rainfall spawned by two colliding weather systems has impacted several regions of North Carolina, prompting hundreds of road closures, a few interstate shutdowns and some bridg...

AP-US-TROPICAL-WEATHERTropical Storm Eta dumps blustery rain on Florida west coastST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Tropical Storm Eta is dumping torrents of blustery rain on Florida's west coast as it slog...

North Carolina will remain paused in Phase 3 of its reopening plan.Gov. Roy Cooper made the announcement Tuesday as the state saw another 2,582 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 added in the past...

BC-NC-VIRUS OUTBREAK-STATE GRANTA million-plus North Carolina parents to receive $335 checkRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - More than a million parents in North Carolina are receiving a $335 check from the state ...

AP-NC-SEA TURTLE LAYS EGGSOn the Outer Banks, a sea turtle lays eggs unseasonably lateBUXTON, N.C. (AP) - A green sea turtle has laid eggs unseasonably late in the year on a beach in North Carolina's ...

AP-US-ELECTION-2020-STATE-POLITICAL-POWERRepublicans retain power in states despite Democratic pushJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Republicans and Democrats spent millions of dollars to wage an intense cam...

ELECTION 2020-SENATE-NORTH CAROLINANorth Carolina voters decide most expensive Senate raceRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina voters are deciding to give Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis six...

AP-NC-ANIMAL CAR CRASHESAnimal-related car crashes rise by 2,300 in North CarolinaFAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Car crashes that involve deer and other animals rose by 2,300 in North Carolina last year. T...

ELECTION 2020-CHRIS PAULChris Paul leads march to voting site at N. Carolina collegeWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - NBA star Chris Paul led nearly 2,500 people on a march to an early-voting site at a unive...

ELECTION 2020-PENCE-NORTH CAROLINAMike Pence making 2 more campaign stops in North CarolinaGREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Vice President Mike Pence is making his second and third campaign stops in North Caro...