Former Congressman Hayes Back As Party Chairman
Former U.S. Rep. Robin Hayes is back as chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party after GOP activists removed Hasan Harnett from the post for misconduct.
A majority of voting members of the party's Executive Committee present Saturday in Raleigh elected Hayes over two other candidates to serve out Harnett's term through the middle of next year.
Hayes served as chairman from mid-2011 to mid-2013. He served in Congress for 10 years through 2008 and previously in the legislature. Hayes was also the party's 1996 nominee for governor.
Trial To Begin On Firings Of 3 Mocksville Police Officers
A federal trial is scheduled to begin for three officers who say they were fired for telling state officials about corruption within the Mocksville Police Department.
The trial is scheduled to begin today in U.S. District Court in Winston-Salem.
The three former officers say the former police chief and the current town manager violated their free-speech rights by firing them in December 2011. They say they were fired because they had called the governor's office to share their concerns.
They sued in 2012 and are seeking at least $100,000 each in damages and their jobs back.
Complaint Accuses Hospital Of Religious Discrimination
A complaint filed by a federal agency is accusing Mission Hospital in Asheville of religious discrimination and violating federal law for firing three workers who refused to adhere to the hospital's flu vaccine requirement and declined the shot.
The lawsuit from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was filed in U.S. District Court in Asheville.
According to the complaint, hospital officials denied religious-exemption requests from three employees asking that they be released from Mission's annual flu-vaccine requirement. The hospital fired them when they refused the vaccine.
Kids, Adults Treated For Heat-Related Illnesses After Trip
Education officials in Davidson County say a group of elementary school students was treated for heat-related illnesses after returning from a field trip to Carowinds in a bus that had no air conditioning.
The school system said in a statement that students and parents from Churchland Elementary School became ill on Friday after making the 67-mile trip back from the amusement park on the North Carolina-South Carolina border.
The statement said six students were treated by emergency personnel at Churchland, while one adult and six students were treated at a Lexington hospital.
Vermont Company To Donate To NC Gender Law Repeal
AllEarth Renewables, a Vermont-based solar tracker manufacturer, has announced the company will donate a portion of every tracker sale in North Carolina to the repeal effort of state law HB2, which it calls discriminatory.
AllEarth says it will donate 1 percent of every sale in North Carolina to Equality NC — an organization leading the HB2 repeal effort — until the law is repealed.
The company says North Carolina has one of the fastest growing solar markets in the country and ranked second nationwide for solar installations in 2015.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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