Category Archives: State/Regional
Wildfires prompt evacuations and an emergency declaration in the Carolinas
Wildfires forced a mandatory evacuation in one North Carolina county as emergency crews fought separate fires in an area of the state still recovering from Hurricane Helene, while South Carolina’...
Mar 23, 2025
Wildfires prompt evacuations and an emergency declaration in the Carolinas
Wildfires forced a mandatory evacuation in one North Carolina county as emergency crews fought separate fires in an area of the state still recovering from Hurricane Helene, while South Carolina's gov...
Mar 23, 2025
North Carolina’s new governor seeks more Helene aid, help for families in legislative address
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - New North Carolina Democratic Gov. Josh Stein gave his first address to a joint General Assembly session Wednesday night, hitting on familiar ...
Mar 12, 2025
North Carolina's new governor seeks more Helene aid, help for families in legislative address
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - New North Carolina Democratic Gov. Josh Stein gave his first address to a joint General Assembly session Wednesday night, hitting on familiar...
Mar 12, 2025
House GOP campaign chairman says voters will 'reward us' for the Trump-Musk DOGE cuts
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - Almost two months into President Donald Trump's second term, the chairman of the House Republican campaign committee is already predict...
Mar 08, 2025
A South Carolina man executed by firing squad is the first US prisoner killed this way in 15 years
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina man who killed his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat was executed by firing squad Friday, the first U.S. prisoner i...
Mar 07, 2025
North Carolina lawmakers close in on another injection of Helene relief funds
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina state Senate Republicans advanced a disaster recovery measure Tuesday to direct $533 million in additional spending to meet sti...
Mar 04, 2025
North Carolina lawmakers close in on another injection of Helene relief funds
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina state Senate Republicans advanced a disaster recovery measure Tuesday to direct $533 million in additional spending to meet sti...
Mar 04, 2025
North Carolina lawmakers close in on another injection of Helene relief funds
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina state Senate Republicans advanced a disaster recovery measure Tuesday to direct $533 million in additional spending to meet st...
Mar 04, 2025
To her, Hurricane Helene debris isn't trash. It is full of memories - and she's returning them
By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) - The tops of dried, bent cornstalks crunch underfoot. Jill Holtz's gaze is fixed on the ground ahead. She wanders into the nearby woods and we...
Feb 28, 2025