RALEIGH — Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey has announced the 2020 winners of the Seniors Health Insurance Information Program’s (SHIIP) statewide and regional awards for their outstanding work in providing free, unbiased counseling about Medicare and other health insurance issues to seniors in N
MOREHEAD CITY – The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries and the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission recently released two recently completed striped bass assessment reports. The Albemarle Sound-Roanoke River benchmark assessment and the Central Southern Management Area Stock Report are posted on
by Lindsay Marchello, Carolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper’s budget proposal would seize millions from school choices programs and divert it to public schools. Cooper’s plan could eventually cripple the programs while at the same time propping up failing public
RALEIGH – Three committees of the N.C. Education Lottery Commission will hold meetings via teleconference on Tuesday, Sept. 1. The committee meetings are: Revenue Generating Committee, 9 a.m. Finance and Audit Committee, 10:15 a.m. Operations and Personnel Committee, 11:30 a.m.
by John Trump, Carolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — Gyms are still closed in North Carolina, as Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper remains among a small handful of governors refusing to reopen them. In North Carolina, despite the closures, almost 16% of gym members say they have retur
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The N.C. Department of Health & Human Services (NCDHHS) released the following statement on Thursday: The NC Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) is pleased to announce that once again court rulings affirm the integrity and fairness of the Departments’ man
RALEIGH -- A search and rescue task force from North Carolina deployed Thursday morning to assist in the response to Hurricane Laura along the Gulf Coast. Answering a request from the State of Louisiana through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, North Carolina is providing a task for
RALEIGH –Wednesday’s Powerball drawing produced a $2 million prize for someone who bought a ticket through Online Play on the lottery’s website. The $3 Power Play ticket matched the numbers on the five white balls, 8-12-19-47-58, beating odds of 1 in 11.6 million. The winner has 180 days to cl
RALEIGH – The state Secretaries’ Science Advisory Board will meet on Monday, August 31, via WebEx to discuss public comments on hexavalent chromium and new mammalian toxicology studies for standard setting on GenX. If you wish to speak, you must register by 5:00 p.m
RALEIGH – The following are highlights from this week at the N.C. Department of Transportation. https://youtu.be/mE7ONQWkmzI Sans Souci Ferry Service Resumes The Sans Souci ferry, one of only three remaining inland cable ferries in North Carolina, is in service again
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) has added new data to the COVID-19 Data Dashboard – average turnaround time for COVID-19 testing. Located on the Testing page, the graph shows the average daily turnaround time based on data from all laboratories that
RALEIGH - The Juvenile Jurisdiction Advisory Committee (JJAC) will meet via Webex on Friday, Aug. 28. Created as part of the Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act within S.L. 2017-57, the JJAC is tasked with developing an implementation plan for raising the age of juvenile jurisdiction, monitoring im
