The $600 dollars from the FPUC is slated to expire on July 25th meaning if Congress doesn’t act, jobless North Carolinians are facing a steep drop in their weekly deposits.
North Carolina legislators introduced a bill Monday to repeal a provision they passed last month that would shield some death investigation records from the public.
The N.C. Department of Public Safety hired a security company to provide armed guards at prisons around the state despite a history of past disciplinary actions, state records show.
Following public outcry and two days of protests about a measure that would shield death investigations from public access, Gov. Roy Cooper said he has concerns about the language under scrutiny.
A Charlotte man says he’s being unfairly targeted by the city’s code enforcement office, being cited repeatedly for tall grass on a piece of property he didn’t even know was his.
A group of journalists from media outlets across North Carolina made the decision to work together, to hold leaders accountable and find any missing puzzle pieces in the state’s reporting of the pandemic.
Days after the North Carolina legislature’s passage of a bill that includes a measure to further restrict death investigation records from public access, some lawmakers say they plan to walk back the provision.
While North Carolinians were sleeping early Friday morning, the General Assembly swiftly passed a bill that would shield death-investigation records from the public. The bill was requested by N.C. Department of Health and Human Services and passed unanimously by lawmakers.
Leaders at health systems around the state say a combination of better medical care and larger stockpiles of protective gear mean they can handle surges in COVID-19 patients more effectively today than they could three months ago.
WBTV responded to the same ad and the scam artist offered to sell us the same two jet skis she just sold to the Hansons. When WBTV told her we were reaching out for the Hansons, there was no response.
North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction Mark Johnson has asked the state auditor to investigate a contract signed by Eric Davis, the chairman of the North Carolina Board of Education. Johnson says Davis violated state procurement laws.
NC prison officials transferred more than 1,000 inmates between various prisons in April and May, at a time when they said inmate movement had been largely restricted. Experts say each inmate movement increased the risk of spreading the virus.
Gina Bond has multiple sclerosis. She gets special medicine a few times a year and, usually, it’s supposed to be free. But then she started getting a bill for thousands of dollars – with nobody willing to tell her why.
Law enforcement agencies across the state refuse to tell the public how they use force when policing their communities, citing provisions in state law they say shield such records from public view. Now, some state leaders say those laws should be re-examined.
The North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency has opened the application process for homeowners affected by Hurricane Matthew and/or Florence who are seeking rebuilding assistance.
The Division of Employment Security says that people are eligible to extend those benefits through the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation program.
Officials with the White House Coronavirus Task Force are concerned with North Carolina’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically the state’s inability to quickly marshal testing resources, multiple people familiar with the matter say.
North Carolina prison officials have resumed the intake of inmates from county jails and the transfer of inmates between facilities but health experts say that may increase the spread of COVID-19 and a judge has found prison staff are not doing enough to protect inmates.
New emails obtained by WBTV show the Republican majority on the Council of State objected to an order issued in mid-March by Governor Roy Cooper closing bars and restaurants to in-person dining. Council members had less than one hour to weigh in on the proposal.
North Carolina prison officials announced Friday that they will test all inmates at Caswell Correctional Center for COVID-19. The announcement comes a little more than a week after a network of journalists across the state revealed that a nurse who worked at the prison died of the virus.
The North Carolina Department of Public Safety is asking law enforcement officers from other state agencies whether they would be willing to work at state prisons in the event the agency has a major shortage of correctional officers due to COVID-19, according to documents obtained by WBTV.
A coalition of more than two dozen media outlets filed a lawsuit on Thursday seeking the release of a list of records related to COVID-19 that the state had, so far, refused to provide.
Satterfield has managed three different tow truck companies since WBTV started investigating him a year ago and new paperwork filed with the state shows he's reviving a company that's already been in trouble.
Many local and state health officials in North Carolina are refusing to release details of COVID-19 outbreaks at meatpacking plants, even as the number of cases at those facilities continue to grow, threatening both the health of workers and a critical link in the nation's food supply.
Many parents, instead of screaming and cheering for their teams, are screaming for a refund. They tell WBTV they’re getting the runaround from their kids’ sports leagues.
State Senate leader Phil Berger is demanding answers from the North Carolina prison system following a news report from WBTV and a statewide network of reporters Thursday that revealed the death of a Caswell Correctional Center nurse diagnosed with COVID-19.
In a lawsuit filed Thursday she claims the school is targeting senior, female leaders for termination and that the current president has taken a “wrecking ball” to the school’s previous success.
NC prison officials did not acknowledge the death of a nurse who worked at Caswell Correctional Center until faced with repeated questions from a statewide network of reporters. At that same prison, testing for staff offered by the health department was delayed by prison officials for weeks.
While the RNC has hired a health expert to ensure safety at the convention, WBTV started making calls asking delegates in different states if they had any reservations about attending because of the pandemic.
Court documents filed by the North Carolina Department of Public Safety show the state lags in testing inside prisons compared to other states with comparable staffing. Experts say that, without more testing, inmates and staff will be at increased risk for contracting the virus.
As businesses start opening up employees are going back to work but some of them are being asked to take a significant pay cut in order to keep their job.
An analysis of state nursing home inspections and records of COVID-19 infections associated with nursing homes by the Washington Post reveals dozens of facilities had infection-related violations in the months before coronavirus infections.
Mecklenburg County court officials said they would take steps to increase the public's ability to access virtual court proceedings on Thursday, after questions from WBTV prompted by the public being shut out of a hearing earlier in the week.
A theme among some of them is that they don’t work typical 9-to-5 jobs but when they call the department of commerce to try and explain that they can’t get through.
New data released by NCDHHS show some hospitals across the state inconsistently reporting patient counts for COVID-19, resulting in skewed numbers published by the state. Health officials are working to streamline the reporting process.
Aunjelis McNeill has submitted 7-maintenance requests in the first 8-weeks after moving in. It’s gotten so bad that she now fears for her son’s safety inside their apartment.
The coronavirus pandemic is expected to drive up the demand for absentee ballots in this year's presidential election, bringing an extra cost that counties are not prepared to bare.
There is no timeline for if or when mass COVID-19 testing will be conducted for inmates or staff at North Carolina’s prisons, even as cases of the virus continue to rise inside prisons across the state.
A1 Towing Solutions owner David Satterfield is banned from towing and booting because of a temporary restraining order signed by a judge while the lawsuit progresses through the court system.
A review of previous state inspection reports for nursing homes and other long-term care facilities hit hardest by the coronavirus in North Carolina show some had previously been cited for serious deficiencies.
Unlike many other countries, the FDA doesn't require a "made in" label on drugs, even though the federal agency estimates 80% of the ingredients and 40% of the finished drugs are manufactured overseas.
The complaint alleges that A1 Towing Solutions owner David Satterfield was charging truck drivers upwards of $4,000 after booting their vehicles and, in some cases, booting on properties where he did not have a contract to operate.
The way in which outbreaks of COVID-19 are reported from nursing homes and other congregate living facilities to county health departments and, eventually, to the state are inconsistent, according to a statewide survey by journalists from a six-newsroom collaborative.
Cathy Stephens says the hole in her bathroom started as a water leak in the ceiling, but it’s turned into a massive hole with liquid dripping all over the floor.
Under pressure from advocacy groups and media organizations, North Carolina health officials said they would release details for the first time Monday on the locations of dozens of nursing homes and other group living facilities with COVID-19 outbreaks across the state.
More than 630,000 people have filed for unemployment insurance in North Carolina since March 15th but it’s unclear how many of those people have been denied.
The state Department of Health and Human Services reported 40 outbreaks at nursing home facilities in 26 counties as of Thursday morning but the state is refusing to identify which facilities and many counties won't share the information, either.
Leaders at the North Carolina Department of Military and Veterans Affairs won’t answer questions about what, if anything, they are doing to provide oversight of the four veterans nursing homes owned by the agency during the coronavirus pandemic.
The official count of deaths due to coronavirus in North Carolina does not include all people who have died due to the virus, a review of thousands of death certificates has found.
McCrae Dowless, a Bladen County man at the center of the election fraud controversy in the 9th Congressional District, has been indicted by a federal grand jury.
WBTV confirmed Monday afternoon the new policy would apply to the Billy Joel concert scheduled at Bank of America Stadium scheduled for last weekend and postponed until April 2021.
In the wake of the outbreak, thousands of passengers in Charlotte and across the country who put down deposits for upcoming cruises are wondering if they will ever get their money back.
A WBTV Investigation found that some people who take advantage of bank products such as advances on tax refunds have not had the stimulus money deposited directly into their bank accounts.
Cadets in a NCDPS corrections officer basic training class were exposed to a classmate who tested positive for COVID-19 but were not immediately notified.
The US Department of Defense sold hundreds of items that could be use as personal protective equipment and thousands of pieces of medical equipment used to help patients breath in February and March, as the novel coronavirus spread across the country.
The limited testing for COVID-19 has made it difficult for scientists to accurately predict the spread of the virus, two professors at UNC Charlotte told WBTV on Monday. That same day, lawmakers announced the first random sample testing in North Carolina.
As North Carolina health officials battle the outbreak of the Coronavirus across the state, the state has tightly controlled access to information related to the pandemic, providing some data but refusing to share others, even when requested.
North Carolina’s legislative leaders signaled Wednesday that lawmakers would retroactively ease deadlines and regulations surrounding the state’s motor vehicle laws.
The North Carolina Department of Public Safety announced on Monday it would curtail the movement of inmates between prisons and stop accepting new inmates from county jails for two weeks. The move comes days after a WBTV investigation.
The North Carolina prison system continued transporting prisons between facilities as recently as Thursday, even as positive cases of the Coronavirus were being confirmed in and staff.
Robocalls have turned from the usual social security fraud scams to coronavirus-related messages. The FTC says some are peddling fake products, and others are looking to cash in on stimulus checks.
