UNC’s public television station has complied with a subpoena from the General Assembly and turned over raw video footage from a forthcoming series about Alcoa’s impact on the Yadkin River. WFAE’s Julie Rose has more: North Carolina has a “shield law” meant to protect the media from being forced to hand over information about their…
Continue reading ›While golf cart accidents may seem unusual, they are not as over 13,000 people are hospitalized each year with injuires from golf carts. North Carolina law does not allow golf carts on state roads, but does give towns and counties jurisdiction over where and how they allow the carts to be used. As reported recently,…
Continue reading ›Rocky Mountain Natural Meats is recalling approximately 66,000 pounds of bison meat due to potential E. coli contamination, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced. The recalled ground and tenderized bison, distributed nationwide, is sold at a number of supermarkets, including Hannaford’s, King Snoopers’s, Market Basket, Price Chopper’s and Whole…
Continue reading ›As reported, the Johnston County Health Department has ordered roughly 100 restaurants and commercial kitchens in Smithfield to close until the boil-water order is lifted. Rick Childrey, director of the Smithfield-Selma Chamber of Commerce, said the closure — which was announced around dinnertime Wednesday — will mean a big loss for restaurants, movie theaters and…
Continue reading ›An SUV accident in Garner resulted in the deaths of all four passengers. 18-year-old Evan Bridges and 22-year-old Tony Smith, Jr. are two of the deceased.
Continue reading ›As reported, a pedestrian was struck and killed in Stokes County early Thursday morning. Deputies received a call around 2 a.m. regarding someone being hit near Pine Hall Road between Hanes Rd. and Community Rd. near Walnut Cove. The pedestrian, a 44-year-old man, died from injuries sustained in the accident. Officials have not released the…
Continue reading ›As reported, Smithfield’s water system is contaminated with potentially deadly E. Coli bacteria, according to test results released Wednesday afternoon, prompting town officials to order residents and businesses to boil water before using it. Town officials used a reverse 9-1-1 system to broadcast an order that could be lifted as early as this afternoon if…
Continue reading ›As reported, A motorcyclist was killed in an accident involving a truck in Randolph County Thursday afternoon. Officials say Bryan Edward Insley, 23, of Liberty, was killed in an accident that happened at the corner of Cedar Falls Church Road and Loflin Pond Road near Asheboro in Randolph County just before 2 p.m. Thursday. Officers…
Continue reading ›As reported, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol is actively investigating an accident between a Brunswick County sheriff’s deputy and teen bicyclist. Sgt. April Gause, spokeswoman for the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Department, said the collision occurred Wednesday around 9:15 p.m. along Danford Road. Gause said Deputy Andrew Lentz was driving a county vehicle when it…
Continue reading ›U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) board members are slated to vote tonight on a series of 18 urgent recommendations aimed at preventing fires and explosions caused when fuel gas is used to clean or purge gas pipes of debris, air, or other substances, typically during facility construction and maintenance. The recommendations – directed to the…
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