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Multiple fatalities reported in Tropical Storm Chantal flooding in North Carolina
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein said July 8 that state officials were working to confirm the total number of fatalities.
New law pauses water transfers in North Carolina
A new North Carolina law is putting a pause on water transfers. This includes Charlotte’s request to pull more water from the ...
Do you need to wear a life jacket on boats in NC? What state law says
Yes, “anyone riding a personal watercraft or being towed by one” must wear an appropriate life vest, the NC Wildlife Resource ...
Nine proposals signed into North Carolina law
In a vote of support for active military and veterans along with supply chain infrastructure, nine proposals on the desk of ...
North Carolina Governor Vetoes Another Set of Bills, Including One on Guns in Private Schools
Gov. Josh Stein cleared his desk Wednesday of bills passed to him from the North Carolina General Assembly last month, ...
20,000 People at Risk of Losing Drinking Water Within Two Days
Tropical Storm Chantal has claimed at least six lives, causing 50-plus road closures, and has left neighborhoods submerged.
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N.C. has allowed a likely carcinogen into three rivers serving 900,000 people
Environmentalists are suing to stop the flow of 1,4-dioxane from a nearby factory into Asheboro's drinking water supply.
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State puts pause on water transfers. What's that mean for Charlotte's Catawba River request?
Both houses in the N.C. General Assembly passed a bill June 26 putting a pause on interbasin transfers, including the one ...
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Trump’s First EPA Promised To Crack Down On Forever Chemicals. His Second EPA Is Pulling Back.
One summer day in 2017, a front-page story in the StarNews of Wilmington, North Carolina, shook up the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. The drinking water system, it said, was polluted with a ...