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dormitory

school

UNC-Chapel Hill reports cluster of COVID-19 cases at dormitory

Some students at University of North Carolina dormitory have been placed in isolation after officials identified a cluster of COVID-19 cases. The university said Saturday ... Read more

by Associated Press, Saturday, August 21, 2021 5:51 pm

legislation

news

Legislation to raise North Carolina minimum marriage age to 16 finalized

By Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press North Carolina lawmakers on Tuesday finalized legislation to raise the minimum age to get married in the state from ... Read more

by Associated Press, Friday, August 20, 2021 8:21 am

hate crime

news

NC House approves raising minimum age for prosecution in juvenile court to 8

By Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press The minimum age in which a child could be prosecuted in North Carolina’s juvenile courts would rise from 6 ... Read more

by Associated Press, Friday, August 20, 2021 8:09 am

parrk

news

Chief medical examiner says Illinois man visiting North Carolina park last year likely killed by bear

The chief medical examiner in North Carolina says a man visiting the Great Smoky Mountains National Park last year was likely killed by a bear, ... Read more

by Associated Press, Friday, August 20, 2021 6:48 am

fred

news

Two people dead, 20 missing in North Carolina county flooded by remnants of Tropical Storm Fred

By Bryan Anderson, Associated Press/Report for America Authorities combing areas of North Carolina flooded by the remnants of Tropical Storm Fred said Thursday that two ... Read more

by Associated Press, Thursday, August 19, 2021 6:16 pm

collision

crime

North Carolina man surrenders after making bomb threats near US Capitol

By Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo, Colleen Long and Michael Biesecker, Associated Press A North Carolina man who claimed to have a bomb in a pickup ... Read more

by Associated Press, Thursday, August 19, 2021 6:02 pm

permit

news

North Carolina bill repealing handgun purchase permit heading to governor

By Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press North Carolina Republicans completed a push Wednesday to eliminate the state’s long-held requirement that a handgun buyer obtain a ... Read more

by Associated Press, Thursday, August 19, 2021 8:03 am

recovering

news

Rep. Keith Kidwell recovering from COVID-19 at home after hospitalization

A North Carolina state legislator was recovering at home Tuesday after he tested positive for COVID-19 recently and was hospitalized, a spokesman for House Republicans ... Read more

by Associated Press, Wednesday, August 18, 2021 11:24 am

earthquake

news

USGS: Magnitude 2.7 earthquake reported in North Carolina

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake rattled parts of western North Carolina on Tuesday, August 17, 2021 and was felt in parts of Tennessee and Kentucky as ... Read more

by Associated Press, Wednesday, August 18, 2021 8:16 am

news

Legislation barring those convicted of felonies from running for sheriff now law

Someone who has been convicted of a felony cannot run for county sheriff in North Carolina, even if the crime has been officially expunged from ... Read more

by Associated Press, Wednesday, August 18, 2021 8:06 am

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