North Carolina

Workers work on equipment Monday at a power substation in West End, N.C., where an attack on critical infrastructure caused a power outage.

National

Duke Energy says it has completed repairs on N.C. power equipment damaged by shootings

12:41pm December 07, 2022

by The Associated Press

The damage to two substations on Saturday cut power to thousands of central North Carolina homes. The utility says it expects power to be fully restored by midnight.

Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields announced a nighttime curfew for the county after gunfire damaged power substations.

National

Someone shot at substations in North Carolina, knocking out power for thousands

6:09pm December 04, 2022

by Giulia Heyward

The authorities are investigating the mass power outage across Moore County as a criminal act after power substations were damaged by gunfire. The county implemented a nighttime curfew.

Attendees march during a rally encouraging voters to vote yes on Amendment 2, which would add a permanent abortion ban to Kentucky's state constitution at the state Capitol in Frankfort, Kentucky, on October 1, 2022.

Here are the places where abortion is on the ballot (in one way or another) this week

5:05am November 07, 2022

by Sarah McCammon

Abortion is on the ballot in California, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana and Vermont, but it's also playing a major role in races for governor, attorney general and state supreme courts nationwide.

Election signs in Cary, N.C., a suburb of Raleigh that is part of a new congressional district in the state — an open seat that's a competitive race.

This North Carolina congressional district has a rare competitive midterm race

6:40am October 26, 2022

by Tamara Keith

A Trump-endorsed Republican and a Democratic state senator are facing off in a congressional race that could help decide control of the House of Representatives

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Law enforcement stand at the entrance to Neuse River Greenway Trail parking at Abington Lane following a shooting in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022.

National

5 have been killed in a North Carolina shooting, including a police officer

11:41pm October 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

Five people were killed by a shooter who opened fire along a walking trail in North Carolina's capital city on Thursday and eluded police for hours before he was arrested, police said.

Environment

Biden administration launches environmental justice office

11:53am September 26, 2022

by Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press

President Joe Biden’s top environment official visited what is widely considered the birthplace of the environmental justice movement Saturday to unveil a national office that will distribute $3 bi

Guilford County farmers adapt to extreme weather due to climate change

4:05pm September 13, 2022

by Keri Brown

Researchers across North Carolina are looking at ways to mitigate the impacts of climate change on the state’s number one industry: agriculture. Farmers in Guilford County are simultaneously finding ways to adapt.

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