TUBING DEATHS Body of last missing tuber found after deadly dam accident EDEN, N.C. (AP) — The body of the last person missing from a North Carolina river accident that killed five people has been found, weeks after a family rode inflatable tubes over a relatively small but dangerous Duke Energy dam. The Rockingham County…… read more »
Tag Archives: North Carolina News
North Carolina News – July 6
North Carolina News – July 2
AP-NC-FATAL SHOOTING-BASKETBALL PLAYER Four charged in North Carolina basketball player’s death RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Four men have been charged by police in North Carolina in the shooting death of a high school basketball player. Garner police said in a news release that there had been three arrests while a search is underway for a…… read more »
North Carolina News – July 1
MEDICAID OVERHAUL Costs watched as Medicaid managed care begins in N. Carolina RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Most of North Carolina’s Medicaid recipients have now moved over to managed care. Starting Thursday five statewide or regional health plans are handling care for roughly 1.6 million consumers covered by government health programs for poor children, older adults…… read more »
North Carolina News – June 30
TENURE DISPUTE-SLAVERY PROJECT University trustees to vote on Nikole Hannah-Jones’ tenure WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Trustees at the flagship school of North Carolina’s public university system are holding a special meeting during which they’re expected to vote on the issue of tenure for investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones. The board of trustees at the University of…… read more »
North Carolina News – June 29
JUVENILE JUSTICE North Carolina bill aims to stop prosecuting 6-year-olds RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina sets the lowest minimum age in the country by law for a child to be prosecuted, allowing 6-year-olds to be tried in juvenile court. Now, the state is looking to raise the age to ensure children under 10 don’t…… read more »
North Carolina News – June 28
VIRUS OUTBREAK-NORTH CAROLINA North Carolina announces first COVID vaccine lottery winners RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina announced on Monday the winners of its first COVID-19 vaccine lottery drawing. Winston-Salem resident and teacher Shelly Wyramon won the state’s first of four drawings for a $1 million cash prize, while 14-year-old Vania Martinez won a $125,000…… read more »
North Carolina News – June 25
SENATE BUDGET NC Senate budget gets final OK; House makes own plan next RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A two-year North Carolina government budget that spends, saves and cuts taxes thanks to a state revenue boon and billions more federal COVID-19 relief funds cleared the Senate. Four Democrats joined all Republicans in voting Friday for the…… read more »
North Carolina News – June 24
AP-NC-TRAFFIC CRASH-TWO KILLED State Highway Patrol: Mother, child killed in car crash HICKORY, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina State Highway Patrol says a mother and her 3-year-old child were killed in a collision. The Hickory Daily Record reports the patrol says a car driven by 20-year-old Allison Faith Presley of Indian Trail crossed the…… read more »
North Carolina News – June 23
SENATE BUDGET NC Senate’s budget bill clears tax-writing committee RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina state government budget proposal written by Republicans that also would cut taxes by several billion dollars this decade has cleared the chamber’s finance committee. The panel’s approval of the measure Wednesday sets the stage for Senate floor debate Thursday…… read more »
North Carolina News – June 22
TROPICAL WEATHER Youth home exec says ‘words cannot explain’ Alabama crash CAMP HILL, Ala. (AP) — The chief executive of a Christian youth home in rural Alabama says the community is working toward healing after eight of its children were killed in a fiery crash during the rains of Tropical Storm Claudette. Michael Smith said…… read more »
