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NC House panel OKs possible 75 mph speed limits

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:37:59 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - A drive to raise North Carolina's top speed limit to 75 mph moved ahead Tuesday after a House committee recommended a Senate bill despite warnings by legislators that higher speeds will mean more casualties.

NC Senate delays final vote on tax overhaul

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:22:34 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - The North Carolina Senate delayed a final vote on a tax overhaul plan Tuesday to work out differences with House members and Gov. Pat McCrory.

NC General Assembly remembers late Sen. Don East

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:33:09 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - A Republican state senator from the North Carolina mountains who died last fall has been remembered by colleagues as a loyal and outspoken friend who cared most about helping the little guy.

Shooting during undercover drug deal in Charlotte

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:34:50 -0400

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - Authorities say a drug informant and a man selling him drugs have been shot during a deal in an elementary school parking lot in Charlotte.

Divers look for teen in Henderson County lake

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:10:53 -0400

TUXEDO, North Carolina - 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 water.

NC group offers reward for stolen Venus flytraps

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:51:10 -0400

WILMINGTON, North Carolina - 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 Wilmington.

NC highway money changes near final passage

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:10:57 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - Gov. Pat McCrory is just one vote away from receiving from getting the new distribution method he sought for transportation funds across North Carolina.

NC Senate panel approves energy code rollback

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:19:18 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - A bill rolling back energy-efficiency standards for commercial builders passed a North Carolina Senate committee Tuesday.

NC court nixes complaint against Rep. Butterfield

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:37:47 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - The North Carolina Court of Appeals has upheld the earlier dismissal of an elections complaint filed against U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield by his 2012 Democratic Primary opponent.

NC Senate panel backs welfare background checks

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:26:42 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - A bill requiring North Carolina state workers to check the criminal history of welfare and food stamp recipients has passed a Senate panel.

Jacksonville native selected as new NASA astronaut

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:43:41 -0400

JACKSONVILLE, North Carolina - Christina Hammock is realizing a dream she has had since she was a 6-year-old growing up on the North Carolina coast.

Woman charged in NC hit-and-run appears in court

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:28:28 -0400

WILMINGTON, North Carolina - A Brevard, North Carolina, woman faces charges of felony hit-and-run and misdemeanor death by motor vehicle in the hit-and-run death last week of bicycle rider in Wilmington.

Boone officials say heater replaced without permit

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:46:17 -0400

BOONE, North Carolina - A Boone inspector says a motel pool heater that leaked carbon monoxide and killed a Washington state couple and later a South Carolina boy was installed without the knowledge of the town's inspection department.

Fisherman drowns in Lake Norman

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:19:42 -0400

MOORESVILLE, North Carolina - Iredell County emergency officials say a fisherman drowned and two friends were rescued after their boat began taking on water in Lake Norman.

Services set for late NC Gov. Jim Holshouser

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:10:06 -0400

SOUTHERN PINES, North Carolina - Services are coming together for the late North Carolina Gov. Jim Holshouser.

NC NAACP protest ends with more than 80 arrests

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:07:09 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - A protest spearheaded by the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP led to the arrests of 84 people Monday at the state legislature in the seventh installment of the civil rights group's near-weekly demonstrations.

NC sheriff: checkpoint escape led to fired shots

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:13:14 -0400

LELAND, North Carolina - A weekend incident at a traffic checkpoint that left two motorists wounded by gunfire and led to seven deputies being placed on paid leave became violent when an SUV driver drove toward deputies to escape, Brunswick County's sheriff said Monday.

NC bill requiring more voter info on bonds gets OK

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:56:04 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - Local governments soon could be required to give voters more information before a bond referendum.

NC House votes to end campaign financing checkoff

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:37:03 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - The North Carolina House has voted to repeal public financing for political parties through state tax returns.

Ex-North Carolina Gov. Jim Holshouser dies at 78

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:27:07 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - Jim Holshouser, who was North Carolina's first Republican governor elected in the 20th century and then gave early support to Pat McCrory, the first GOP governor of this century, died Monday at age 78.