COAST GUARD RESCUE Coast Guard rescues 2 boaters off North Carolina coast MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. (AP) — The Coast Guard says it has rescued two boaters after their small boat capsized off the North Carolina coast. A Coast Guard news release said the rescue occurred Saturday night near Cedar Island, which is northeast of Morehead…… read more »
The frequency of vehicle crashes involving animals decreased last year across North Carolina, according to figures kept by the N.C. Department of Transportation. The number of such crashes – usually involving deer and often occurring in the twilight hours during the fall – totaled 18,607 last year. That’s an 8.5% decrease from 2019. Officials with…… read more »
AP-US-VOTER-ID-NORTH-CAROLINA NC voter ID debate clouded by call for justices’ recusal RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — One of several legal challenges to North Carolina’s contentious voter ID law is on hold amid a dispute over whether two justices on the state Supreme Court should recuse themselves. The state NAACP’s request that Phil Berger Jr. and ex-Sen.…… read more »
COUPLE KIDNAPPED Eight charged after North Carolina couple kidnapped HICKORY, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina sheriff’s office says eight people face charges after a North Carolina couple was kidnapped and assaulted. The Hickory Daily Record reports the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office says in a news release that deputies responded to a call from a…… read more »
There’s renewed hope over the last month as North Carolina has watched its number of coronavirus cases drop. Gov. Roy Cooper shared what he called the “good news” at a media briefing on Wednesday. Cooper says fewer people are requiring hospital beds and ICU care for COVID. Gov. Cooper is also pleased that children as…… read more »
OXYGEN TANK-WORKER LAWSUIT She asked to bring oxygen to work — they fired her instead WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A woman who was fired after asking to bring an oxygen tank to work to help her breathe will get $25,000 in a federal settlement. Delaware-based TriMark Foodcraft also agreed to train its staff on what…… read more »
APARTMENT SHOOTINGS Police: 1 dead, 2 wounded in NC apartment complex shootings WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Police say a man died and two others were wounded after shootings at a central North Carolina apartment complex. It happened Monday in Winston-Salem. Officers arriving at the Rolling Hills Apartment complex located a wounded 16-year-old girl and a…… read more »
COLLEGE ADMISSIONS-BRIBERY Ex-tennis coach to plead guilty in college admissions case BOSTON (AP) — A former Georgetown University tennis coach is expected to plead guilty Monday in Boston federal court in the ongoing college admissions bribery case. Gordon Ernst was accused of accepting more than $2 million to help the children of wealthy parents get…… read more »
The N.C. Governor’s Highway Safety Program joined Western North Carolina partners, including Buncombe County Sheriff Quentin Miller, Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer, and local restaurant owners at Rabbit Rabbit in Asheville on Thursday, Oct. 21, to formally kick off the “Booze It & Lose It” Halloween Statewide Enforcement Campaign. The campaign, which runs from Monday, Oct.…… read more »
STATE BUDGET NC speaker: Medicaid expansion not in latest budget offer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The leader of the North Carolina House says the latest budget offer that Republicans sent to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper wouldn’t expand Medicaid broadly as Cooper wants. But Speaker Tim Moore says it does sweeten a previous proposal on worker…… read more »
