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National Weather Service Meteorologist Andrew Kren says a powerful high-pressure system is trapping intense heat across the region, bringing potentially historic temperatures for early September. "Hottest days are expected Wednesday and Thursday with potentially highs near the century mark alongside heat indices as high as 105 or more," Kren said.
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BIOX took over the former White Oak Farm site last year, which was home to a catastrophic one-million-gallon hog-waste spill back in 2022. But Sound Rivers officials say the environmental threat never stopped. -
Among the legislation is the SHRIMP Act, which would deploy portable testing technology to identify the true origin of imported seafood. -
The court has scheduled pre-trial status conferences for September 10 at the federal courthouse in Raleigh. According to the court's scheduling orders, trials in those cases will be scheduled for 30 to 45 days following the pre-trial conferences. That would put those trials on the court's calendar sometime between October 10 and October 25. -
A Boeing 767 cargo plane from the Christian relief group left Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro Monday morning. It's expected to arrive in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu on Wednesday. -
A North Carolina district attorney says a 17-year-old girl who recorded a livestream of a shooting that killed three people at a San Diego mosque and who disseminated the attackers’ white-supremacist writings has been charged with murder by aiding and abetting. -
Several goats at Farm Adventures in Iredell County have tested positive for rabies and may have been in direct contact with people at events while infected. -
Health officials say people may have been exposed at two locations in Asheville and Hendersonville after an out-of-state resident traveled through the area while infectious. -
The study was published in June by the Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership. Seagrass is a critical component of a coastal ecosystem. -
The Pentagon received $1.2 billion from Congress last year for repairs to barracks around the world, which have been plagued for years by problems such as mold, insects, and safety hazards.
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