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Spectrum News North Carolina can be found on channels 14 and 200, as well as on channels 2, 14, and 711 in the western foothills, exclusively for Spectrum customers in the state. This news outlet covers key areas including the Triad (Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point), Wilmington, Charlotte, and the Triangle (Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill). They offer local news, political updates, feature stories, and weather reports around the clock, every day of the week.

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10 years later: N.Y. IG's office's role after inmates escaped from Dannemora

1 day ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Susan Arbetter

Friday marked 10 years since the dramatic escape by two inmates, David Sweat and Richard Matt, from the Clinton Correctional facility in Dannemora. Next week, New York state Inspector General Lucy Lang will moderate a conversation featuring many of the leaders and reporters who were central to the three-week manhunt, investigation and the ongoing reporting of the situation.
Veterans hope health care bill will help aid treatment

1 day ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Blessing Iwuchukwu

TEXAS — Two years after a bill addressing veterans’ health care was introduced in Congress, some service members hope that this year the legislation will reach President Donald Trump’s desk. It’s called the Veterans Health Care Freedom Act, and it was introduced to the U.S. House in 2023 by Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz. This year, U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., also introduced the bill, and last month, hearings were held by the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.
Samaritan's Purse dedicates new home after Helene

2 days ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Courtney Davis

WAYNESVILLE, N.C. — For the first time in more than eight months, Benny and Keva Messner’s home was filled with joy, laughter, and family Monday, as they walked in the door for the very first time. The Messners are among thousands of people who lost everything when Hurricane Helene hit in September. While they did have flood insurance, their daughter, Amy Morgan, says she didn’t think it would cover the repairs needed. At the time, she said she didn’t know what they would do.
High incidents of wage theft in New York prompt legislative push for remedy

2 days ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Susan Arbetter

New York labor advocates are making a last-minute push in Albany to pass a bill that they say will hold corrupt employers accountable for labor law violations and increase enforcement around wage theft. “The problem is that we simply do not have enough people within the Department of Labor to investigate [these issues],” Josh Pomeranz, director of operations for Teamsters Local 804, told Capital Tonight.
Spectrum invests $1.5M in small businesses in rural N.C., areas hit by Helene

2 days ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Marshall Keely

North Carolina small businesses took center stage on Thursday as dozens of small businesses and community leaders gathered for a celebration and awards ceremony at Raleigh Union Station.
Should whole milk return to school cafeterias?

2 days ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Reuben Jones

For more than a decade, schools have been restricted in what type of milk they offer students. What You Need To Know Only fat-free and low-fat milk have been served in schools participating in the National School Lunch Program Bipartisan legislation would bring back whole milkWhole milk is a topic of debate in the health communityOnly fat-free and low-fat milk have been served in schools participating in the National School Lunch Program.
Johnson 'pleading' with Senate not to change SALT provision

2 days ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Maddie Gannon

WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Thursday said he was “pleading” with Senate leaders to keep the state and local tax deduction cap at the same level it was at in the House-passed version of the bill containing President Donald Trump’s agenda.
Ulster County Bruderhof community mourns loss of 2 hikers

2 days ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Darcie Ortique |Dennis Yusko

The father and daughter who died hiking Maine's tallest mountain this week were residents of the Bruderhofs, a Christian community that has a home in the Hudson Valley, according to the religious organization's social media posts. The bodies of Tim Keiderling, 58, and Esther Keiderling, 28, who went missing in Baxter State Park in Maine and were subsequently found deceased, were residents of the Maple Ridge Bruderhof Community in Ulster Park.
Student-led challenge helping to fight food insecurity on N.C. campus

2 days ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Jennifer J. Roberts

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services reports 1.2 million people in the state are experiencing food insecurity, including college students trying to focus on their classes. A community college is using its statewide recognition from a hunger challenge to help feed more students.
N.C. prepares for a potentially scaled-back FEMA this hurricane season

3 days ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Reuben Jones

As hurricane season gets under way, North Carolina is preparing for the possibility that the Federal Emergency Management Agency could cut its help to states ravaged by storms.