RALEIGH — North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey warns Medicare recipients to be on alert for scams. In the last few days, the NC Department of Insurance (NCDOI) had reports of phone calls with the Caller ID listed as “Senior Center,” but the number is unavailable. The callers are…
While it may seem that internet is universal, there are still areas of North Carolina that lack the infrastructure, called broadband, to support high-speed internet in addition to residents who lack the technology to use it.
With Medicaid transformation on pause until a state budget is passed by North Carolina legislature, Haywood County health officials said they expect the healthcare transition process to resume sometime in 2020.
RALEIGH — If they played football, they’d wear long, black jerseys, and their end zone would be a judicial bench.
RALEIGH — When her teenage son collapsed in a seizure, it hit High Point mother Kelly Kinard. Luka was addicted. He was vaping the equivalent of 80 cigarettes per day, and it took sending him to rehab in California to get him to stop.
Incumbent N.C. House Representative Joe Sam Queen (D-Waynesville) is running for re-election in 2020.
The Haywood County Board of Elections will hold two educational seminars about voter photo identification requirements.
Republican state lawmakers filed a bill Tuesday to expand health care coverage to low income North Carolinians, closing the health care coverage gap.
RALEIGH — A group of House Republicans is taking another whack at what they call an alternative to Medicaid expansion so uninsured North Carolina residents can obtain health coverage.
RALEIGH — A plan by State Treasurer Dale Folwell to reform the nearly insolvent State Health Plan faces legislative pushback, prodded by hospitals and large medical providers. Folwell has no plan to abandon the reforms, which actuaries say would prevent the plan from going broke within four years.
RALEIGH — A bill in the N.C. House would authorize public colleges and universities to allow the sale of alcohol at stadiums, athletic facilities, and arenas located on school property.
Crime
At 7:02 a.m., Jan. 21, officers from the Waynesville Police Department were called to 136 Long St., in reference to two deceased individuals who were found at the location.
A Haywood County Sheriff’s deputy has resigned after being charged with a DWI.
A Marion man already facing a felony assault charge has been hit with another felony after breaking the overhead fire sprinkler in his cell.
One case that captured the county’s attention involved the horrific death of 10-month-old Chloe Evans.
It isn’t uncommon for local law enforcement to confiscate small amounts of drugs during arrests, but one methamphetamine bust this year proved to be bigger than the rest.
Many often complain about what they perceive as too many criminal cases getting dismissed by the district attorney’s office.
Domestic violence cases frequently cycle through Haywood County’s courts, but 2019 featured a number of cases that illuminated just how bad some survivors have been injured, and some serious prison time was doled out to offenders.
Four people sexually abused by former Howard White, who served as rector at Grace Church in the Mountains for over two decades finally got justice this year when White pleaded guilty to charges on all four victims.
CANTON — After a thief nabbed Christmas inflatables from the lawn of a 3-year-old’s home, a Canton Police Department officer took it upon himself to right the wrong.
The Haywood County Sheriff’s Office is continuing the “scam round-up” series with The Mountaineer, sharing the most recently reported phone scams.
A Waynesville man is on supervised probation after pleading guilty to two counts of stalking and one count of soliciting prostitution.
A Clyde man has been arrested after being charged with second-degree rape.
