TUBING DEATHS Search resumes after 3 tubers died, 2 disappeared on river EDEN, N.C. (AP) — A search has resumed for two missing tubers on a North Carolina river after three others were found dead and four were pulled from the water. Authorities say the group of nine people was floating down the Dan River…… read more »
AP-NC-UNC-MULTIPLE GUNS-CAR Man with guns in car on UNC-Chapel Hill campus arrested CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Police at a North Carolina university arrested a man who a security officer found on campus sleeping inside a car with multiple firearms. News outlets report police at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill charged 39-year-old…… read more »
AP-NC-NOOSES FOUND-PHARMACEUTICAL PLANT Nooses found hanging at North Carolina pharmaceutical plant DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Officials at a pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina have launched an investigation into the discovery of two nooses at a construction site. The News & Observer of Raleigh reports Merck and local authorities are looking into the incidents. Plant management…… read more »
GOLF CART DEATH-DWI Golf cart death leads to driving while impaired charge in NC HOLLY SPRINGS, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man has been charged with driving while impaired after a woman was killed while riding in a golf cart Friday night. WRAL-TV reports that Jeremy Rollins Martin, 43, was driving in the 12…… read more »
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolinians in airports, buses and train stations will need to remain masked at all times until at least July 30 under a new executive order updated on Friday. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper extended the state of emergency, which the state has been under since March 2020. While COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations…… read more »
HARRIS-VACCINATION TOUR-SOUTH VP Harris making Southern stops to promote vaccination COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and the Biden administration’s top environmental official are making stops in several Southern states to promote an intensive White House coronavirus vaccination effort. The White House announced Friday that Harris would visit Greenville, South Carolina, on Monday,…… read more »
North Carolina is joining the growing list of states offering a lottery with big cash prizes for those who get vaccinated against the coronavirus. Gov. Roy Cooper said the state is “pulling out all the stops” in announcing “Your Shot at a Million: Summer Cash Drawing.” North Carolinians who’ve already been vaccinated and those that…… read more »
ABORTION-NORTH-CAROLINA N. Carolina ban on Down syndrome abortions goes to governor RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Senate approved a measure on Thursday to prohibit doctors from performing abortions if a woman is seeking it because of race, sex or a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper is not expected to approve…… read more »
The N.C. Department of Transportation is encouraging disadvantaged businesses to compete for state transportation contracts. Starting in June, NCDOT’s Division of Highways in partnership with its Office of Civil Rights will host in-person, outreach events in all 14 highway divisions to educate disadvantaged business owners, or DBEs, about how to do business with the NCDOT.…… read more »
TEEN HIT BY TRAIN Police: Teen hit by train, killed APEX, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say an 18-year-old woman was killed when she was hit by an Amtrak train while walking along the tracks.Apex police said in a news release that officers responding to an emergency call around 10 p.m. Tuesday found the woman from…… read more »
