NCDOI Header 2.png For Immediate Release September 25, 2020 Contact: Marla Sink 919-807-6017 Door-to-door insurance scams on the rise RALEIGH -- North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey warns residents to be on alert for insurance scams. In the last few days, NCDOI has had repor
RALEIGH — As North Carolina’s key metrics continue to remain stable and strong infection prevention and control requirements remain in place, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today issued a Secretarial Order updating visitation guidelines for nursing homes to allow indoor v
RALEIGH – The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources (DWR) issued the owner of B&L Farms a civil penalty assessment totaling more than $87,000. This is in response to the June 12 animal waste lagoon breach, which released an estimated three million gallons of an
MEDIA ADVISORY: Public hearing scheduled for Pender County shellfish lease proposals MOREHEAD CITY – The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries will hold a public hearing by webinar on proposed shellfish leases in Pender County at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28. Cape Fear Oyster Company, LLC, (Wil
RALEIGH – The N.C. Department of Transportation has begun distributing nearly $132.7 million in State Street Aid to Municipalities, also known as Powell Bill funds, to 508 municipalities across the state. The initial allocation, half of the overall total, is going out today. The other half wil
GREENSBORO, N.C. – U.S. Representative Mark Walker (R-N.C.) honored Brittany Giordano as the Sixth District Community Hero of the Month for September 2020. Each month, Walker awards a constituent, business, or organization for displaying extraordinary acts of service and
RALEIGH, N.C. – The N.C. Property Rights Coalition has placed three billboard messages in the Raleigh area thanking law enforcement professionals for their service. One billboard is on South Saunders Street at I-440, one faces east on I-440 near Brentwood Road and one faces west on I-440 near Yonker
By Julie Havlak, Carolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — “I don’t consider myself to be a black leader. I consider myself to be a leader in N.C. who just happens to be black.” That’s how Republican candidate for lieutenant governor Mark Robinson introduced himself at a debate hosted by
RALEIGH — Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded a $392,998 Assistance to Firefighters Grant to the Office of State Fire Marshal. The grant will help the Office of State Fire Marshal provide the most
John Brockwell RALEIGH – The N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles reached a milestone with the issuance of its 2 millionth REAL ID license or ID enhancement late last week, more than a year before the REAL ID Act will go into effect. Starting Oct. 1, 2021, federal agencies will req
by Julie Havlak, Carolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis went on the attack Monday night. He had to. Tillis went after Democrat Cal Cunningham more like an underdog challenger than an incumbent senator and former speaker of the House in No
by Julie Havlak, Carolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden “will be the most pro-union president since [Franklin Roosevelt],” Jill Biden said of her husband Monday during a teleconference sponsored by a nurses’ union. “He will govern with the understan
