GOLF CART DEATH-DWI Golf cart death leads to driving while impaired charge in NC HOLLY SPRINGS, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man has been charged with driving while impaired after a woman was killed while riding in a golf cart Friday night. WRAL-TV reports that Jeremy Rollins Martin, 43, was driving in the 12…… read more »
Category Archives: State News
North Carolina News – June 14
Cooper Keeps Mask Mandate For Risky Settings Through July 30
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolinians in airports, buses and train stations will need to remain masked at all times until at least July 30 under a new executive order updated on Friday. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper extended the state of emergency, which the state has been under since March 2020. While COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations…… read more »
North Carolina News – June 11
HARRIS-VACCINATION TOUR-SOUTH VP Harris making Southern stops to promote vaccination COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and the Biden administration’s top environmental official are making stops in several Southern states to promote an intensive White House coronavirus vaccination effort. The White House announced Friday that Harris would visit Greenville, South Carolina, on Monday,…… read more »
VACCINE INCENTIVE: Cooper Announces Drawings For $1 Million, College Scholarships
North Carolina is joining the growing list of states offering a lottery with big cash prizes for those who get vaccinated against the coronavirus. Gov. Roy Cooper said the state is “pulling out all the stops” in announcing “Your Shot at a Million: Summer Cash Drawing.” North Carolinians who’ve already been vaccinated and those that…… read more »
North Carolina News – June 10
ABORTION-NORTH-CAROLINA N. Carolina ban on Down syndrome abortions goes to governor RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Senate approved a measure on Thursday to prohibit doctors from performing abortions if a woman is seeking it because of race, sex or a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper is not expected to approve…… read more »
NCDOT Hosting Workshop To Help Small, Disadvantaged Businesses Compete For Contracts
The N.C. Department of Transportation is encouraging disadvantaged businesses to compete for state transportation contracts. Starting in June, NCDOT’s Division of Highways in partnership with its Office of Civil Rights will host in-person, outreach events in all 14 highway divisions to educate disadvantaged business owners, or DBEs, about how to do business with the NCDOT.…… read more »
North Carolina News – June 9
TEEN HIT BY TRAIN Police: Teen hit by train, killed APEX, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say an 18-year-old woman was killed when she was hit by an Amtrak train while walking along the tracks.Apex police said in a news release that officers responding to an emergency call around 10 p.m. Tuesday found the woman from…… read more »
North Carolina News – June 8
STATE BUDGET NC Republicans finally agree on next year’s spending total RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republicans in the North Carolina legislature have announced an agreement on how much they want to spend on state government next year. GOP leaders in the two chambers said Tuesday their spending cap would be $25.7 billion. That’s several hundred…… read more »
Effort To Boost CPR Training In State’s Latinx Communities
(NORTH CAROLINA NEWS NETWORK) — In North Carolina, community groups are working to boost hands-only CPR training in Latinx communities, where residents are at higher risk for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Research shows people living in Latinx communities are 39 percent less likely to have bystander CPR performed on them during an emergency, and 44 percent…… read more »
North Carolina News – June 7
MISSING MAN FOUND ALIVE Missing man found alive after 8 nights in forest HAVELOCK, N.C. (AP) — A man who went missing in Croatan National Forest has been found alive after eight nights in the woods.The Carteret County Sheriff’s Office announced Sunday that 20-year-old Joshua Clauson walked out of a wooded area near a home…… read more »
