Sep 14 Mother and infant are first Hurricane Florence fatalities By Jonathan Drew, Associated Press The Wilmington Police Department said Friday that the two were killed when a tree fell on their house. Continue reading
Sep 14 Hurricane Florence makes landfall. Here’s how you can track flooding, power outages and other damage By Nsikan Akpan PBS NewsHour has compiled this guide of resources so you can track Hurricane Florence's devastation as it happens. Continue reading
Sep 13 Watch 5:29 Nearing landfall, huge Hurricane Florence threatens to dump historic rainfall By P. J. Tobia The outer bands of Hurricane Florence reached North Carolina's coast Thursday morning, offering a preview of what could be a slow-motion disaster. Even though the storm has lost some of its punch, federal emergency officials warned there's much worse to… Continue watching
Sep 12 Watch 5:45 ‘Now is the time’ to evacuate Hurricane Florence danger, officials urge By P. J. Tobia Hurricane Florence's shifting track is adding uncertainty to what forecasters are calling the "storm of a lifetime." It's now projected to slow near the North Carolina-South Carolina border, then head south and west -- changes that could endanger new areas. Continue watching
Sep 11 Watch 10:40 ‘This storm is a monster’: Carolinas brace for Hurricane Florence By P. J. Tobia As of Tuesday evening, Hurricane Florence is 500 miles wide, winds at 140 miles an hour and forecasts of 2.5 feet of rain. Power losses and flooding will be felt over several states, and the recovery is predicted to be… Continue watching
Sep 10 How Hurricane Florence could cause unprecedented damage to the Carolinas By Nsikan Akpan, Julia Griffin A week ago, no one expected Hurricane Florence to roll into the Southeast, and now it may create storm surge taller than a house. Continue reading
Aug 28 North Carolina’s congressional map still unlawful with partisan bias, judges rule By Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press Federal judges on Monday affirmed their earlier decision striking North Carolina's congressional districts as unconstitutional because Republicans drew them with excessive partisanship. Continue reading
Aug 21 Watch 4:47 This restaurant takeout service swaps styrofoam for sustainable By Teresa Carey After big cities like San Francisco banned businesses from using styrofoam containers, a woman from Durham, North Carolina, who was fed up with the plastic trash began her own crusade. When her efforts toward passing a local ban failed, she… Continue watching
Jul 20 Republicans pick Charlotte to host 2020 convention By Steve Peoples, Associated Press Move over, Las Vegas. The Republican Party will host its 2020 presidential nominating convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. Continue reading
Jun 25 Supreme Court won’t hear North Carolina districting dispute By Associated Press The Supreme Court is choosing not to take on a new case on partisan redistricting for now. Instead, the justices are sending a dispute over North Carolina's heavily Republican congressional districting map back to a lower court for more work. Continue reading