Category Archives: State News
Latest N.C. Bills Would Allow Further Reopening, July 4th Celebrations
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The North Carolina General Assembly has finalized yet another Republican attempt to let more businesses reopen despite Gov. Roy Cooper's COVID-19 restrictions on commerce. Lawmake...
Jun 24, 2020
Old Meds Destroyed As Part Of Operation Medicine Drop
The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation collected and destroyed 13,485 pounds of unused prescription medications on Wednesday, June 17, 2020, as part of Operation Medicine Drop. That translat...
Jun 22, 2020
Driver Road Test Waived For Level 2 Provisional Licenses
With today's signing of House Bill 158 by Governor Cooper, the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles will be temporarily waiving the requirement that young drivers seeking a Level 2 Limited Provisional lice...
Jun 19, 2020
North Carolina News – June 19
AP-NC-ARRESTS OUTSIDE JAILPolice arrest 43 people outside jail in CharlotteCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Authorities in North Carolina have arrested 43 people outside a jail in Charlotte. The Charlotte Obser...
Jun 19, 2020
Prisons Begins COVID-19 Testing Of All Offenders
State prison officials have initiated a plan to test all 31,000 offenders for COVID-19."We've done some mass testing at prisons with significant outbreaks of this awful virus, but now we are going to ...
Jun 18, 2020
North Carolina News – June 18
VIRUS OUTBREAK-MASK REQUIREMENTRaleigh issues emergency order requiring face coveringsRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's capital city is set to require people wear face coverings in an effort to sl...
Jun 18, 2020
North Carolina News – June 16
BC-NC-VIRUS OUTBREAK-HOTEL JOBS CUT700-plus hotel jobs in Charlotte impacted by virus pandemicCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The jobs of more than 700 people who work at hotels in Charlotte, North Carolina, h...
Jun 16, 2020
WATCH: State Officials Wary Of Uptick In COVID-19 Cases
Gov. Roy Cooper says people are tired of the coronavirus. However, the governor also reminds that COVID-19 is still deadly.As of Friday's figures from the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services,...
Jun 12, 2020
GRIM MILESTONE: Over 1,000 COVID-19 Deaths In N.C.
North Carolina has crossed 1,000 coronavirus deaths. According to Thursday's update from the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, there have 39,481 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in t...
Jun 12, 2020
“Know Your Zone” For Hurricane Evacuations
(NORTH CAROLINA NEWS NETWORK) — Just in time for Hurricane season, North Carolina emergency response officials are out with a new way to manage traffic if there’s a need for an evacuation ...
Jun 12, 2020