VIRUS OUTBREAK-SCHOOLS Cooper to talk masks as more NC schools remove mandate RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper wants to talk about the state’s mask policies as COVID-19 case totals and hospitalizations have fallen in recent weeks. Cooper scheduled a news conference for Thursday to discuss guidance for mask-wearing, which largely centers…… read more »
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North Carolina News – February 17
North Carolina News – February 16
TAX FILING DATES NC tax filing pushed back to end of February RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina taxpayers will have to wait a little longer to file. The News & Observer reports that after the state pushed back the date when it’s able to process tax returns to mid-February, it has now delayed a…… read more »
North Carolina News – February 15
VOTER ID-NORTH CAROLINA NC justices examine legality of voter ID, tax amendments RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — More litigation on voting, redistricting and race has reached North Carolina’s highest court. Justices held oral arguments Monday examining a lawsuit that alleges the legislature was barred from placing constitutional amendments on the ballot because lawmakers who agreed to…… read more »
North Carolina News – February 14
VOTER ID-NORTH CAROLINA NC justices weigh legality of voter ID, tax amendments RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s highest court is deciding whether the legislature was barred from placing constitutional amendments on the ballot because members who agreed to do so were elected from districts declared to be illegal gerrymanders. The state Supreme Court scheduled…… read more »
North Carolina News – February 11
PICKLE EXPANSION Quite a dill: Mt. Olive Pickle expanding in home NC county GOLDSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Mt. Olive Pickle Co. says it will expand near its eastern North Carolina headquarters with more production lines, along with warehouse and distribution operations. The company and Gov. Roy Cooper made the announcement of the $35 million investment…… read more »
North Carolina News – February 10
AP-US-FLIGHT-DIVERTED-DISRUPTIVE-PASSENGER NY flight to Florida diverted over ‘disruptive passenger’ MORRISVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Officials say a disruptive passenger prompted a flight from New York to Florida to divert to a North Carolina airport. Raleigh-Durham International Airport officials say Frontier Airlines flight 1335, which was headed from LaGuardia Airport to Orlando International Airport, was diverted around…… read more »
North Carolina News – February 9
TRACTOR-TRAILER CRASH Tractor-trailer driver killed in North Carolina crash WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Police say the driver of a tractor-trailer was killed in a crash on the outskirts of a North Carolina city. News outlets report the crash occurred at around 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday on northbound U.S. Highway 52, north of downtown Winston-Salem. According…… read more »
North Carolina News – February 8
FATAL STABBING-MOTHER North Carolina man charged in mother’s stabbing death KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina sheriff’s office says a man has been arrested and charged in his mother’s stabbing death. According to news outlets, deputies with the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office were called to a location in Kannapolis on Monday about a possible…… read more »
North Carolina News – February 7
DEPUTY SHOOTING-NORTH CAROLINA North Carolina deputy kills man trying to flee traffic stop LINCOLNTON, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina sheriff’s deputy has shot and killed a man who tried to flee a traffic stop and dragged the deputy through a field. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office says deputies tried to stop a car on…… read more »
North Carolina News – February 4
FERTILIZER-PLANT-FIRE Fertilizer explosion risk ‘greatly diminished,’ chief says WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A fire chief says the explosion threat from a fire at a North Carolina fertilizer plant has “greatly diminished” now that much of a combustible chemical has burned off and firefighters have returned to the site to spray down what’s left. The Winston-Salem…… read more »
