Feb 20 Arctic air brings record cold, leading to snowy roads and car crashes in Virginia and North Carolina By Ben Finley, Associated Press The North Carolina State Highway Patrol says it responded to nearly 1,200 collisions statewide on Wednesday. Continue reading
Jan 24 Watch 8:54 Trump questions need for FEMA and says states should ‘take care of disasters’ By Laura Barrón-López, Shrai Popat, Eliot Barnhart President Donald Trump jetted off for the first trip of his second administration to tour one sprawling disaster zone after the other. The president is in California where he'll survey damage from the wildfires that are ravaging the Los Angeles… Continue watching
Jan 24 Watch 5:16 North Carolina’s Lumbee Tribe gets Trump’s endorsement for federal recognition By Geoff Bennett, Kyle Midura The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina got a major boost in its decades-long fight to become federally recognized. President Trump signed a memo directing the Interior Secretary to submit a plan for full federal recognition of the tribe. That status… Continue watching
Jan 24 WATCH: Trump says he’s considering ‘getting rid of’ FEMA during briefing in North Carolina By Will Weissert, Chris Megerian, Associated Press Speaking while on the first trip of his second term, Trump made the comment in North Carolina during a briefing on the monthslong recovery from Hurricane Helene. Continue reading
Jan 10 Winter storm plods into the Deep South, prompting states of emergency and school closures By Jamie Stengle, Kendria LaFleur, Associated Press Another blast of winter storms is closing schools, snarling flights and putting millions of residents on alert across parts of the Deep South and south-central U.S. Continue reading
Jan 01 Watch 5:51 Legal challenges delay election result for North Carolina Supreme Court seat By Stephanie Sy, Matt Loffman It's been nearly two months since Election Day, but control of a seat on the North Carolina state Supreme Court is being held up in the courts. As Stephanie Sy explains, the trailing candidate is asking for more than 60,000… Continue watching
Dec 19 WATCH: GOP senators from the Carolinas urge essential disaster relief amid spending bill debate By Associated Press Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina entered the meeting with a large stack of papers he said were messages from constituents pleading for aid after Hurricane Helene. Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch 5:46 Hospitals nationwide grapple with IV fluid shortage caused by Hurricane Helene By Ali Rogin, Harry Zahn It’s been about three months since Hurricane Helene pummeled the mountains of North Carolina, but its effects are still being felt well beyond the storm’s path. After the hurricane flooded a manufacturing plant that produces about 60 percent of the… Continue watching
Dec 12 Bill Belichick says he’s ‘always wanted’ to coach college football. Now he will at North Carolina By Aaron Beard, Associated Press New North Carolina football coach Bill Belichick, who led the New England Patriots to six Super Bowl titles during a 24-year run there that ended last year, said he had long been interested in coaching in the college ranks. But… Continue reading
Dec 07 Watch 4:48 How a Christmas tree farm in North Carolina overcame Hurricane Helene’s destruction By Ali Rogin, Lorna Baldwin, Zoie Lambert Hurricane Helene’s path of destruction in the mountains of North Carolina devastated one of the region’s big industries: Christmas tree farming. One family operation overcame obstacles to get its crop to market, including one special tree that ended up in… Continue watching