DEAD WHALE-OUTER BANKS Humpback whale washes ashore on North Carolina’s Outer Banks RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) — A dead humpback whale has washed ashore on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. The Charlotte Observer reported Thursday that the 18-foot whale was found on Pea Island about half-mile north of Rodanthe. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said the…… read more »
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North Carolina News – March 19
North Carolina News – March 18
GOOGLE-NORTH CAROLINA Google announces North Carolina cloud engineering hub DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Google has announced plans to create a hub in Durham, North Carolina, for hundreds of engineers to work on its Google Cloud products. The company said in a statement Thursday that it is already recruiting for the site and that it plans…… read more »
North Carolina News – March 16
VOTING-REJECTED BALLOTS Voter outreach led to big drop in rejected mail ballots ATLANTA (AP) — A surge of absentee ballots during last year’s election led to concerns that a larger percentage of mailed ballots could be rejected for arriving past the deadline, not having a voter’s signature or some other reason. An analysis by The…… read more »
North Carolina News – March 15
REDISTRICTING-SOUTH South emerges as flashpoint of brewing redistricting battle States across the South are the center of the upcoming, once-a-decade redistricting battle. The region is the fastest growing in the country and as a result will be adding an estimated half-a-dozen House seats. That population growth has also made it a political battleground as an…… read more »
North Carolina News – March 12
NEWBORN DEATH-WOMAN ARRESTED Police: Woman charged in 2010 death of newborn girl WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Authorities in North Carolina say that a woman has been arrested on charges that stem from the death of her newborn child more than a decade ago. The Winston-Salem Journal reports that Jennifer McMillan Crow was arrested Tuesday. Winston-Salem…… read more »
State To Start Some Group 4 Vaccinations On March 17
More North Carolina residents will become eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine starting next week. Governor Roy Cooper announced on Thursday that the state would start inoculating certain persons in Group 4 beginning March 17th. Gov. Cooper says that include people with medical conditions that put them at higher risk for severe COVID-19 illness as…… read more »
North Carolina News – March 11
FATAL VISION-RELEASE REQUEST Ex-Army officer guilty in ‘Fatal Vision’ case seeks release RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A former Army captain serving life prison sentences for the 1970 murders of his pregnant wife and two young children at a North Carolina base wants to leave federal prison due to deteriorating health during the coronavirus pandemic. Lawyers…… read more »
State Highway Patrol Announces Non-Profit Foundation
The State Highway Patrol is proud to announce the first ever non-profit 501(c)(3) titled “North Carolina State Highway Patrol Foundation”. The North Carolina State Highway Patrol’s non-profit foundation was founded by Board Chairwoman, Melissa Sutherland and is comprised of local business leaders, community members, legal and financial professionals whose primary mission is to support the…… read more »
Gov. Cooper, Legislative Leaders Announce Deal On K-12 Schools
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican legislative leaders have announced compromise legislation that will mean more K-12 students in North Carolina will return to daily in-person instruction, some almost immediately. Wednesday’s agreement comes nearly two weeks after Cooper vetoed a GOP bill that would have mandated all districts reopen with at…… read more »
North Carolina News – March 10
RACIAL INJUSTICE-REPARATIONS A price tag on trauma? College town weighs Black reparations AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — A New England college town is among hundreds of communities nationwide weighing how to provide reparations to Black residents for slavery and systemic racism. The town council in Amherst, Massachusetts, recently passed a resolution committing the town to the…… read more »
