Tag: North Carolina
Trump to rally supporters in N.Carolina amid fight with Dems
President Donald Trump is heading south to rally supporters in North Carolina amid a fight with four Democratic congresswomen of color who he said should "go back" to their own countries if they don't like America.
Lexingtonians in North Carolina to study region’s successes, challenges
About 170 Commerce Lexington, Inc., Greater Lexington Chamber of Commerce and other community leaders and business professionals are participating.
North Carolina teachers to protest for 2nd year in row
North Carolina teachers are taking to the streets for the second year in a row with hopes that a more politically balanced legislature will be more willing to meet their demands.
Pioneering medical drone program takes off in North Carolina
A pioneering use of drones to fly blood samples across a North Carolina hospital campus has launched in the latest move to expand their roles in business and health care.
Trump weighs in on N Carolina election do-over
President Donald Trump says he condemns all voter fraud "and that includes North Carolina."
North Carolina elections board weighs re-doing marred election
The country’s last undecided congressional election was marred by falsified signatures, disappearing documents and blank ballots that were filled in by people hired by the Republican candidate, North Carolina elections officials said.
Amber Alert issued in Clay County for missing 11-year-old
The Clay County Sheriff's Office is searching for a missing 11-year-old last seen in Manchester.
Kentucky takes down North Carolina, 80-72
CHICAGO (WTVQ)- The Kentucky Wildcats got their first win away from Rupp this season against the ninth-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels, 80-72.
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Possible gunman reported at N. Carolina university
William Peace University in North Carolina says a possible gunman was reported on campus and is telling people to shelter in place.
Public health nurses return from hurricane relief in North Carolina
A Nurse “Strike Team” from Kentucky has returned from North Carolina where they worked in emergency shelters housing residents displaced by Hurricane Florence.
After the hurricane comes the deluge on South Carolina coast
Eleven days ago, Lee Gantt was at a Hurricane Florence party in her neighborhood in Georgetown, where the story goes that some houses haven’t flooded from the Sampit River since they were built before the American Revolution.
Sheriff: Van where 2 women died recovered
Authorities have recovered a van they say was swept away last week in South Carolina floodwaters, killing two mental patients being transported in the back.
Hurricane Florence’s death toll rises to 41
At least 41 deaths have now been attributed to Hurricane Florence.
The longest week: Carolinas worn out by Florence
Hurricane Florence is still wearing out the Carolinas, where residents have endured an agonizing week of violent winds, torrential rain, widespread flooding, power outages and death.
Trump assures South Carolina as flooding lingers
President Donald Trump says South Carolina is in for a "rough few days" in the aftermath of Florence, but assures the state that the federal government "is behind you."
North Carolina gov pleads with storm evacuees to be patient
With Wilmington still mostly an island surrounded by Hurricane Florence’s floodwaters and people waiting for hours for handouts of necessities like food, North Carolina’s governor is pleading with thousands of evacuees to be patient and not return home just yet.
Trump to visit North Carolina
President Donald Trump will have a firsthand look at the impact of former Hurricane Florence.
Wilmington Isle: Food, water handouts set in isolated city
With one of North Carolina’s largest cities still mostly cut off by floodwaters from Hurricane Florence, officials prepared to begin distributing food, water and tarps to Wilmington residents as yet more people were rescued from submerged inland neighborhoods.
Swollen rivers near record levels as Florence looms
With Wilmington cut off from the rest of North Carolina by still-rising floodwaters from Florence, officials plan to airlift food and water to a city of nearly 120,000 people as rescuers elsewhere pull inland residents from homes threatened by swollen rivers.
Public health volunteers deploy to North Carolina
The state's department for public health will be sending nurses to North Carolina.
