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NC General Assembly remembers late Sen. Don East
The Senate and House passed a resolution Tuesday honoring the life of the late Sen. Don East of Surry County. The retired police officer and farm owner served 14 years in the Senate until he died in October at age ...
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Shooting during undercover drug deal in Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Authorities say a drug informant and a man selling him drugs have been shot during a deal in an elementary school parking lot in ...
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North Carolina Ousts Tigers From CWS With 4-2 Win
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Undocumented students to demonstrate in Raleigh
Thirty teens from the Charlotte area will travel to Raleigh to get lawmakers' attention. They said many undocumented students drop out after high school because they can't afford to pay out-of-state tuition which is an additional $20,000."To me, it's very personal, because I could have gone to school in fall of 2009, but I couldn't," said student Elver Varrios. ...
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Raleigh holds line on taxes in 2013-14 budget
Raleigh, N.C. - The Raleigh City Council unanimously approved a $707 million budget Tuesday for the fiscal year that starts July 1.No tax increase was included in the budget, but the council did approve a $1 increase to the solid waste fee and higher water and sewer rates to help pay for infrastructure upgrades. The higher rates amount to about $3.75 a month for an average family."This ...
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Feds propose expanding Cary immigration office
Cary, N.C. - Two years after local opposition scuttled plans for a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in a former Cary supermarket, federal officials are looking to expand the existing office in Cary.A closed-door meeting is set for Wednesday as officials begin the pre-application process with Cary to secure more space for the ICE office.The agency uses about 2 acres on Centrewest ...
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GE Aviation to Add 50 Jobs in North Carolina
GE Aviation confirmed Monday a plan to add 50 jobs at its engine assembly plant in Durham, N.C., to boost capacity for assembly of a new jet engine that one company official said is being developed to power heavily-used aircraft. The company formally announced the plans to add capacity at the Durham plant as part of larger announcement of a $195 million total statewide investment that ...
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Mooresville provider of surveillance planes will add 35 jobs
A Mooresville company that provides surveillance planes to the U.S. government and its allies will add 35 high-tech jobs during a $1.75 million plant expansion over the next three years, Gov. Pat McCrory announced Tuesday. IOMAX USA Inc. employs a total of 65 people at its Mooresville headquarters in River Park Business Park off N.C. 150 and a satellite location in Denver, N.C. This is an ...
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Durham police investigating fatal shooting
Durham, N.C. - Investigators are looking into a fatal shooting that happened in east Durham Tuesday morning.Kammie Michael, a spokeswoman for the Durham Police Department, said officers responding to a 911 call around 11:40 a.m. found Jermaine Andrea McDonald, 37, dead in the street in front of a house in the 100 block of North Hyde Park Avenue.Police said McDonald lived on the street, but ...
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Gaydosh warms to American football
's hometown of Peace River, Alberta, Canada.The average high temperature is 72 degrees, with more than 17 hours of daylight. It's a far cry from the 17 hours of darkness and average temperature of 11.5 degrees in January."I'm not used to humidity like this. It's something else," Gaydosh said following one of the Panthers' organized team activities. ...
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Divers look for teen in Henderson County lake
TUXEDO, N.C. (AP) -- Divers are searching for a Hendersonville teen presumed drowned in Lake Summit in Henderson County near a railroad bridge where teens often jump into the ...
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NC group offers reward for stolen Venus flytraps
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) -- A North Carolina environmental group is offering a $1,500 reward to find the thief who stole more than 1,000 Venus flytraps from a city garden in ...
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Protesters jailed as they decry Republican shift in North Carolina
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - A conservative shift by North Carolina's first Republican-led government in more than a century is drawing weekly protests to the state capital of Raleigh, but some lawmakers are defiantly standing their ...
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NC State grad selected as new NASA astronaut
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. - Christina Hammock is realizing a dream she has had since she was a 6-year-old growing up on the North Carolina coast. The 34-year-old Jacksonville native, who has undergraduate and graduate degrees from North Carolina State, is among eight candidates selected to begin astronaut training by NASA. Hammock, currently assigned to National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
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Speed-limit hike zooms to House vote
Raleigh, N.C. - The state House could vote Wednesday on a proposal that would allow the state Department of Transportation to raise the speed limit on some highways to 75 mph. passed the House Transportation Committee on Tuesday, despite concerns voiced by Democrats and Republicans on the panel. The current maximum speed on North Carolina highways is 70 mph, but bill backers want to allow ...
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Raleigh looks to tap Falls Lake for more drinking water
Raleigh, N.C. - City officials fear Raleigh's demand for water will outstrip supply by 2040, so the City Council agreed Tuesday to pay for a study of Falls Lake to see if more drinking water can be pulled from the reservoir in the future.The water in Falls Lake is dedicated to different purposes, and the $450,000 study by the Army Corps of Engineers, which manages the lake, will determine ...
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Man faces additional charge in fatal Raleigh hit-and-run
Raleigh, N.C. - A Cary man facing charges in the weekend hit-and-run death of a woman in Raleigh now faces an additional charge in the case.Adetoye Taoheed Adekanmbi, 33, of 103 E. Chalfont Way, was arrested Saturday on two counts of felony hit-and-run causing bodily injury or death and driving with a revoked license in connection with the Hillsborough Street collision that killed Natalie ...
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UNCC United Way Panthers team up for literacy
UNC Charlotte, the United Way of the Central Carolinas and the Carolina Panthers teamed Tuesday to train literacy tutors and give their students a chance to work off some energy. Tutor training took place Tuesday morning at UNCC for those who volunteered for the United Ways Project 1,000, a volunteer push for readers, tutors and mentors to help at-risk children improve their reading skills. ...
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NC Senate delays final vote on tax overhaul
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The North Carolina Senate has delayed a final vote on a tax overhaul plan to discuss changes with House members and Gov. Pat ...
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NC highway money changes near final passage
The House gave by a wide margin approval Tuesday to a new funding model that focuses more upon projects of statewide and regional importance that relieve congestion and encourage economic growth. The House only needs to again agree formally Wednesday to changes by the Senate before the bill goes to McCrory's ...
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NC House panel OKs possible 75 mph speed limits
Some North Carolina House members have decided to move Senate legislation ahead that would allow speed limits on some state highways to race up to 75 mph.A House committee voted Tuesday for the bill allowing the Department of Transportation to set speed limits higher than the current 70 mph cap for some interstates and other highways if traffic and engineering allows it. The bill doesn't ...
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Ravenscrofts Edwards commits to UNC
Updated 53 minutes ago Ravenscroft School's Avery Edwards made a verbal commitment over the weekend.The 6-foot-5, 230-pound tight end committed to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, according to Ravenscroft football coach Ned Gonet.Edwards was sought after by a number of schools, holding offers from Appalachian State, Arkansas, Duke, Florida State, Louisville, N.C. State, ...
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2 reportedly shot in Hidden Valley
Police and other emergency personnel are responding to a reported shooting in north Charlottes Hidden Valley neighborhood early Tuesday afternoon. Two people were shot, according to radio reports, and there are also reports that one person was fatally wounded. The shooting was reported about 1:15 p.m. on Snow White Lane, off West Sugar Creek Road. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police reportedly are ...
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Inmate on life support since Wake Jail altercation has died
RALEIGH A Wake County Jail inmate who was injured June 4 in an altercation with a guard has died, the State Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday. Shon Demetrius McClain, 40, had been in WakeMed Hospital in Raleigh since the incident, which the SBI has been looking into as an officer-involved injury. McClain and Detention Officer Markeith Council were involved in an altercation on the night of ...
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Middle and high school students becoming more isolated?
While the number of middle and high school students admitting to being bullied in surveys has gone up, the number of students actually reporting abuse is decreasing, suggesting that students may be withdrawing into themselves.
Students at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools get polled every two years by health officials in order to keep a watch on activities that might put them at risk, such as drug abuse, alcohol use, anti-social behavior and smoking. Read more
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