Annette Weston-Riggs
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Last weekend, a group out fishing – including NC State veterinarians Drs. Greg Lewbart and Anthony Blikslager, found a dead sperm whale stranded near the point on Cape Lookout.
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Sunday’s Nor’easter churned up more than just waves along the southeast North Carolina coast, but also hundreds of tires from a decades old artificial reef experiment.
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According to court documents, a neighbor saw Rodney Alligood removing guns from a neighbor’s locked outbuilding and called the police. A woman told investigators that nearly 60 of her late-ex-husband’s firearms had been stolen from the outbuilding, including pistols, revolvers, rifles and shotguns.
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The Craven County Opioid Epidemic Response training will cover how to recognize an opioid overdose, the use of nasal Narcan, and performing hands-only CPR.
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The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality has announced 17 water systems statewide will receive $13.2 million in funding for projects to inventory or find and replace lead service lines.
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North Carolina’s attorney general won a court order requiring TikTok to hand over a secret archive of tens of thousands of recorded internal Zoom meetings that it initially failed to disclose for nearly a year and a half.
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They’re working together on aligned recommendations for standard syphilis screening in pregnant women and also to make testing a part of routine healthcare for everyone.
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Physicans East Dr. Roger McMurray and Gregory Harman, of Raleigh, died after being hit by a pickup truck driven by Eric Rivas.
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North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper has ordered all U.S. and state flags to be lowered to half-staff at state facilities until sunset Tuesday to honor former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
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The section of NC12 between Hatteras and Frisco in the Outer Banks is back open, but the North Carolina Department of Transportation says there is still deep, standing water in the area – up to a foot in some spots – so people should travel with extreme caution.