Category Archives: State News

As Labor Day fast approaches, increased congestion across the state is expected as motorists travel to their intended vacation destinations. With this in mind, the State Highway Patrol is stressing th...

As people across North Carolina are using greenways and trails in record numbers, their input is needed to develop the Great Trails State Plan.The Great Trails State Plan is a state Department of Tran...

AP-US-ELECTION-2020-RNCPence faults ‘negative’ DNC, previews next week’s RNC themesWASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Mike Pence says next week's Republican Party convention "will make...

VIRUS OUTBREAK-VOTING MACHINESN.C. judge won’t halt use of touch-screen vote-mark machinesRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina judge has ruled certain touch-screen ballot-marking machines will ...

AP-NC-JAIL RELEASE-PREGNANT WOMANJudge releases pregnant woman from jail with virus outbreakCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - A federal judge in North Carolina has released an inmate who is eight months pregnant...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's public schools have returned to class with most students still learning at home to start the year due to continued worries about COVID-19. Nearly all schools in K...

AP-US-PUBLIC-HEALTH-CARES-ACTPolitics slows flow of US virus funds to local public healthCongress has allocated trillions of dollars to ease the coronavirus crisis. A joint Kaiser Health News and AP i...

Governor Roy Cooper has declared August as North Carolina Preparedness Month, encouraging individuals, families, schools and businesses to review their emergency plans and update their emergency suppl...

VIRUS OUTBREAK-NORTH CAROLINA-COOPERForest abandons lawsuit challenging Cooper executive ordersRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest has ended his lawsuit against Democratic Gov. Roy...

ELECTION 2020-POLL MONITORSConstraints gone, GOP ramps up effort to monitor votingWASHINGTON (AP) - The Republican Party heads into its first presidential contest this November free from decades-old l...