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Hope4NC Linking ENC Residents To Recovery Resources

Crisis counselors with Hope For NC are helping residents connect with recovery resources by going door-to-door, attending community events and reaching…

Las Vegas may reach new record highs on Wednesday and Thursday, with temperatures in the low 70s predicted. Here, NASCAR racecars drive through the city during an event last month.

Las Vegas Braces Itself For Record Highs — In The Low 70s

The National Weather Service says Las Vegas could surpass record warm temperatures for late January, with Thursday's high predicted near 74 degrees.

Alek Skarlatos (left) will receive the Soldiers Medal. He's seen here with his friends Spencer Stone and Anthony Sadler, as well as U.S. Ambassador Jane Hartley, on Monday.

A Hero Of French Train Attack Will Receive U.S. Army Medal

Announcing Alek Skarlatos' award, senior Army officials called the Soldiers Medal the service's "highest award for acts of heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy."

Guitarist Eddie Van Halen came on stage during a Texas stop of Michael Jackson's 1984 tour to play on "Beat It," the Jackson hit that featured a solo by Van Halen. Now, questions about a guitar that the two supposedly signed have led to the cancellation of an auction of Jesse Jackson Jr.'s goods.

Beat It, Bidders: Marshals Cancel Jackson Jr. Auction

Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. will soon head to jail for misusing campaign funds. The U.S. Marshals Service wants to auction off some of the things he bought with that money. But there are questions about the authenticity of a guitar supposedly signed by Michael Jackson and Eddie Van Halen.

States are taking an out provided by Congress to avoid cutting food stamp benefits to families, many of whom already depend on food banks like the Alameda County Community Food Bank in Oakland, Calif.

ENC food bank receives check for money that ended up in the state's unclaimed property funds

The Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina and its 700 partner agencies have seen a 42% increase in the number of people needing services, and State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell helped the nonprofit organization by returning missing funds that had wound up in the Unclaimed Property Division of the Department of State Treasurer.

Rabies is a preventable viral disease. Human fatalities are rare and typically occur in people who don't get treatment quickly. Here, a vial and box of rabies vaccine.

Two being treated after attacks by rabid cat in Carteret County

Carteret County Health and Human Services has confirmed that a cat bit two people and approached a third in the Ocean Spray subdivision off VFW Road near Cedar Point, and has since tested positive for rabies.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents take fingerprints while processing apprehended immigration fugitives inside the ICE staging facility in Los Angeles on April 18, 2017. Earlier this year ICE agents searching for an undocumented farmworker stopped his brother and sister-in-law. The couple sped off, crashed their car and died.

N.C. immigrant community concerned about requirement for undocumented immigrants to register with government

Undocumented immigrants 14-years-old or older who have never been recorded by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will have to register, provide a home address and be fingerprinted.

Authorities say the initial assessment showed the fire at Fulcher's Red Fox Stables was suspicious in nature and the investigation is now being treated as an arson and murder.

Wheat harvest can lead to unnecessary 911 calls during planned stubble burns

Jones County Emergency Services Officials are asking people not to call 911 to report smoke or fire from agricultural field burns unless they see signs of danger.

Screen grab of drone footage taken by Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue of three people caught in a rip current and subsequently rescued by a lifeguard.

Dozens of beach rescues Monday amid Hurricane Erin's dangerous rip currents

Officials with the National Weather Service said Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue performed 50 rip current rescues. The Surf City Fire Department also reported 15 rip current rescues.

A dog eagerly awaits adoption in an animal shelter.

State officials order eastern North Carolina animal shelter to close

The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Veterinary Division began investigating after a complaint was filed that alleged the SPCA of Northeastern NC animal shelter in Pasquotank County wasn’t providing adequate veterinary care to animals in its custody.

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