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Today marks the beginning of what’s predicted to be a busy hurricane season. Scott Sharp, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Raleigh, says…
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Duke Energy this summer will ask North Carolina regulators to raise the rates consumers pay on their electricity bills for the first time in four years.…
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Updated 4:40 p.m.A $201 million disaster relief bill won final approval in the General Assembly Wednesday and now goes to the governor. The state Senate…
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Updated 10:18 p.m.North Carolina lawmakers reconvened for a special session Tuesday, to consider a bill that would provide $201 million in disaster relief…
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Gov. Pat McCrory says he'll ask the General Assembly to approve $200 million in emergency funding during the special session that begins Tuesday. The…
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Floodwaters in eastern North Carolina are still rising, but so far haven't swamped any of Duke Energy's active coal ash ponds. But environmentalists worry…
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Forty-eight counties have seen flooding from Hurricane Matthew, and waters are still rising in some areas. State officials are watching dams, checking…
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Hurricane Matthew impaired or destroyed more than 1 million structures, forced businesses from Florida to North Carolina to close and put thousands of…
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Robeson County officials say another man has died in North Carolina as a result of Hurricane Matthew. Officials say the man was inside his car when flood…
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North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory has declared a state of emergency for all 100 counties in North Carolina ahead of Hurricane Matthew's expected impact.…