Forecasters are warning that even a small amount of ice accumulation, combined with temperatures plunging into the single digits, will make travel incredibly treacherous for the Thursday morning commute.
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The N.C. State Highway Patrol said winter weather conditions contributed to all three deaths.
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The hospital was running dangerously low on platelets, but with roads across Eastern North Carolina covered in thick ice, it was simply too dangerous for a delivery truck to make the trip from Wake County.
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Cape Lookout and Cape Hatteras National Seashores are gradually recovering, though conditions remain challenging.
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While the heavy snow and ice across the coast might seem overwhelming to humans, the Banker horses on the Outer Banks are uniquely adapted for this kind of weather.
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North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis is pressing the Department of Homeland Security for answers on the U.S. Border Patrol’s Charlotte operation last November.
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The General Assembly’s Energy Policy Commission met for the first time in nearly two years to review lessons learned and discuss North Carolina’s path forward on nuclear energy.
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The congressman’s demand comes on the heels of a series of controversial incidents involving federal agents, most notably the fatal shooting of two U.S. citizens by immigration officers in Minneapolis last month.
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A Secret Service agent saw Ryan Routh with a rifle at a golf course in Florida and fired on him in 2024 as Trump was golfing. He was found guilty of attempting to assassinate a presidential candidate.
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This year’s event, themed "Passport to the Moon," invites people to explore the future of lunar exploration. Eastern North Carolina’s own Christina Koch, a NASA astronaut and record-breaker who grew up in Jacksonville, will be part of the coming mission to the moon.
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