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Filing insurance claims after disaster
Residents who have insurance on their homes and property will need to file claims through their insurance companies. The North Carolina Department of Insurance has a website (www.ncdoi.gov/consumers/disaster/how-deal-aftermath-disaster) with information for what residents should do after a disaster strikes. Residents can also call the state insurance department at 855-408-1212, Monday through Friday for help. N.C. Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey said in an emailed statement that representatives from his department are...
Elections office testing systems in run-up to Nov. 5
The North Carolina State Board of Elections said that for election officials across the state, planning for each election starts months — and in many cases, years — before Election Day. Routine preparations include registering voters, identifying and procuring polling places and early voting sites, training poll workers and precinct officials, and preparing and testing voting equipment. Those preparations include the pre-election testing of voting equipment. Board officials said that testing combined with a series of audits conducted after the election, helps ensure that voting...
NIL allowed for all NC high school athletes in ruling on Tennessee commit Faizon Brandon's mom's suit
A Wake County Court ruling Tuesday will allow North Carolina public high school athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness. The ruling is part of a lawsuit filed by Tennessee football five-star quarterback commitment Faizon Brandon’s mother. Wake County Superior Court Judge Graham Shirley granted a preliminary injunction on the State Board...
Opinion: The Western North Carolina floods hurt all of us. Here's where I find hope.
It wasn’t supposed to happen in the mountains. They say the deadly floods in western North Carolina caused by Tropical Storm Helene are a 1,000-year flood event. That’s why the devastation looks like something we have not seen. ...
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