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Aug 25, 2023 | 
wral.com | Hannah Webster |Mandy Mitchell |Bryan Mims
The nation's largest utility already turned off the lights during Black History Month at a museum honoring the lunch-counter sit-in that sparked the 1960s civil rights movement. Now it's threatening to cut off the power altogether if the museum doesn't pay thousands more each month to cover the possibility of delinquent payments. "Disconnecting a customer's service is the very last step in our collections process and it's an action we never want to take," Duke Energy said in a statement Thursday.
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Aug 25, 2023 | 
wral.com | Janine Bowen |Hannah Webster |Richard Adkins
Governor Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency Thursday evening due to a major power outage on Hatteras Island in Dare County and Ocracoke Island in Hyde County. A construction company acknowledged earlier Thursday that it caused a power outage across two islands on North Carolina's Outer Banks, leaving tourists stranded without air conditioning or places to eat.
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Aug 25, 2023 | 
wral.com | Hannah Webster |Ken Smith |Andrew Cumbee
Arson is now suspected in a rash of wildfires across western North Carolina, and state transportation officials on Friday said the wildfire near Lake Lure has forced the immediate closing of U.S. Highway 64/74A and N.C. Highway 9 in Rutherford CountyAt least 20 wildfires are burning in the Nantahala National Forest, along the southern Appalachian Mountains. Dozens of families have been forced out of their homes.
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Aug 25, 2023 | 
wral.com | Hannah Webster |Greg Clark |Cullen Browder
North Carolina Republicans have chosen former Congressman Robin Hayes to keep leading the state party. State executive director Dallas Woodhouse said GOP convention delegates voted to retain Hayes, who took over the chairman's job in May 2016. Lee County Republican Party Chairman Jim Womack also ran for the two-year post.
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Aug 25, 2023 | 
wral.com | Evan Matsumoto |Natalie Matthews |Hannah Webster |Amanda Lamb
About 45,000 homes across North Carolina were without power Tuesday evening after Tropical Storm Irma blew through overnight. Gov. Roy Cooper said there were about 75,000 customers without power at the peak of the outages, but the total was beginning to wane as crews began working. Most of the outages were in western counties, such as Buncombe, Mecklenburg and Jackson.
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Aug 25, 2023 | 
wral.com | Hannah Webster |Amanda Lamb
Three law enforcement agencies — the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, Harnett County Sheriff's Office and Wake County Sheriff's Office — were involved in a dramatic search for a 43-year-old man and woman Tuesday afternoon. Authorities say Patrick Lyn Philyaw, of 518 Lake Gaston Dr., fired shots into a home on Bakerton Road near Fuquay-Varina at about 11 a.m. He has been charged with shooting into an occupied dwelling and damage to personal property.
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Aug 25, 2023 | 
wral.com | Gilbert Baez |Hannah Webster |Michael Joyner
Federal officials have discovered a North Carolina veteran isn't dead yet. Charles Covell, 81, of Fayetteville, was surprised to learn that he had been declared dead by the Veterans Affairs Department last month. Covell's wife realized something was wrong when a monthly disabilities payment was not deposited in their account. They learned a death certificate for a Charles Covell was filed in January.
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Aug 25, 2023 | 
wral.com | Matt Burns |Hannah Webster |Michael Joyner |Gilbert Baez
A utility that provides water in southeastern North Carolina has sued a company it accuses of polluting the Cape Fear River, where the utility gets its water. The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority filed a complaint in U.S. District Court on Monday afternoon accusing Chemours and DuPont of violating the Clean Water Act and several other federal laws by putting a chemical known as GenX into the water.
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Aug 25, 2023 | 
wral.com | Hannah Webster |Gina Benitez
The brother of a civil rights activist murdered almost 50 years ago in Mississippi were among those who spoke at the annual march for social justice in North Carolina's capital. Thousands packed Downtown for the the 'Moral march on Raleigh' as they do each year. The state chapter of the NAACP is sponsoring Saturday's "Moral March on Raleigh." Speakers include David Goodman. His brother Andrew was one of three activists killed by Ku Klux Klansmen in 1964 near Philadelphia, Mississippi.
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Aug 25, 2023 | 
wral.com | Hannah Webster
The North Carolina National Guard is ready to respond to help deal with the effects of Tropical Storm Irma. During a news conference, Gov. Roy Cooper said the state remains ready. "We’re grateful that the brunt of the storm will miss us," he said.
