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Legal reform for rural North Carolinians
Imagine needing legal assistance in a child support case or trying to settle a relative’s estate only to find that the handful of lawyers in your town are unable to help. In North Carolina, this is the reality for nearly half of our counties. Many locations in our state have been designated as legal deserts — areas with fewer than […] The post Legal reform for rural North Carolinians first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
Feds Seize Popular Streaming Website Used By North Carolinians
Federal authorities took down a major streaming website that had become a go-to for sports fans across North Carolina and beyond. The site, which attracted over 15 million monthly visitors, suddenly went offline, leaving users scrambling for answers. Feds Seize Popular Streaming Website Used by North Carolinians. Instead of the...
NC receives $4 million from Department of Labor to expand apprenticeship programs
The North Carolina Business Committee of Education's NC Career Launch will create a statewide youth apprenticeship system that develop and scale programs for high school students that lead to registered apprenticeships in critical sectors.
North Carolina state representative accused of involvement with anti-government militia — again
(WGHP) — A new report named a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives as an “off-the-books” member of American Patriot 3 Percent, and this isn’t the first time his name has surfaced in connection with an anti-government paramilitary group. On Saturday, ProPublica, an independent news outlet focused on investigative journalism, published “Inside the […]
Manufacturer commitment to Kingsboro yields elation
A key official of battery manufacturer Natron Energy made clear that work is going to start next year on building a nearly $1.4 billion plant at the Kingsboro Business Park off U.S. 64 in Edgecombe County between Rocky Mount and Tarboro. “We plan to break ground in the first half of next year with production starting in 2027,” Natron Vice President of Operations Strategy Mike Boike said in an interview Thursday afternoon after a gathering at Edgecombe Community College’s Keihin Auditorium that was held to...
New Bern man arrested after vehicle searched
NEW BERN, N.C. (WNCT) — The Craven County Sheriff’s Office K9 Bureau conducted a traffic stop in Craven County on Sunday where one man was arrested after a search of his vehicle. The driver of the vehicle was identified as Stanley Lee Basnight of Columbia, N.C. During the traffic stop, a search of the vehicle […]
Crime Roundup: Maury guard arrested on drug charge
A corrections officer has been charged with possessing an illicit substance at the Maury Correctional Institution. The Greene County Sheriff’s Office announced that investigators on Aug. 1 arrested Destiny Griggs, 24, of Pitt County at the prison. Griggs, who was then employed as a corrections officer, was searched about 7:30 a.m. by other officers who discovered K2 in her possession. ...
Pitt County officials take no action on gunfire complaints
Pitt County commissioners are reviewing a 3-year-old proposal for managing the recreational use of firearms but gave staff no direction for addressing tensions in a neighborhood in northern Pitt County. Instead, several commissioners directed residents of Holly Pine subdivision, located off Fleming School Road, north of Greenville, to contact state Rep. Gloristine Brown and state Sen. Kandie Smith about exploring possible state legislation regulating recreational gun use. About 10 residents...
BizWorthy: NC plan to wipe medical debt picks up steam. Plus, Bo-Berries.
Many North Carolina residents with old medical debt recently got some good news. All of the state’s biggest hospital systems, including Atrium Health and Novant Health, have agreed to a new plan that promises them higher federal payments in exchange for forgiving some of patients’ old debt. Atrium agreed to the plan just before the deadline to do so, but expressed concerns. Cristina Bolling, of the Charlotte Ledger Business Newsletter, joined WFAE to talk about this plan and other business news of the week.
Food Lion invests $365M to remodel stores in North Carolina, Virginia
Fueled by a $365 million capital investment, Food Lion is ready to unveil remodeled stores in the greater Raleigh-Durham, N.C., area and in Mecklenburg County, Va., the company announced. The Salisbury, N.C.-based grocery retailer will hold ribbon-cutting events at 167 stores on Aug. 21. The upgraded stores include a new,...
North Carolina among states with fastest-growing car insurance rates: Insurify
A combination of multiple factors, including climate-driven natural disasters, inflation and the soaring prices of new cars is projected to send premiums rocketing in 2024, according to a study by online insurance marketplace Insurify.
Person killed by rip currents in North Carolina as Hurricane Ernesto swells
As Hurricane Ernesto was hundreds of miles off North Carolina over the weekend, the storm was felt along the coast with an Outer Banks home collapse, flooding on roads and now a death from rip currents stirred up by the storm.
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