Incumbent N.C. House Representative Joe Sam Queen (D-Waynesville) is running for re-election in 2020.
RALEIGH — Officials with the N.C. Department of Insurance remind residents that open enrollment for the 2020 Federal Health Insurance Exchange began Nov. 1 and runs through Dec. 15, for coverage to start Jan. 1, 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.
RALEIGH — The child welfare component of the state’s NC FAST computer system is a $92 million money pit. Its epic malfunction is putting children’s safety at risk.
RALEIGH — The House has unanimously passed Senate Bill 214, to drop voter identification requirements from 2019 elections, and sent it to Gov. Roy Cooper on Wednesday, March 13.
Cambia Health Solutions (Cambia) and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) have announced a strategic affiliation between the two not-for-profit companies. The goal of the affiliation is to improve quality, lower costs, and deliver an exceptional experience for consumers.
United Community Banks, Inc. (NASDAQ: UCBI) (“United”) was recently recognized as one of America’s best performing banks by Forbes magazine for the sixth consecutive year.
Crime
A Clyde man has been arrested after being charged with second-degree rape.
A man alleged to be one of the area’s most prolific drug traffickers in recent years has had all charges dropped against him in Haywood County.
Haywood County Sheriff’s Office detectives investigated a threat of harm that was made Thursday afternoon that led to a lockdown at the Haywood County Health and Human Services Agency.
Reports of suspicious activities in the Lake Logan, Cruso and Bethel communities led to a four-day Haywood County Sheriff’s Office operation where 43 warrants were issued and 25 were arrested.
The Haywood County Sheriff’s Office’s newest K9 deputy “Kilo” is officially part of the law enforcement family.
Former Episcopal priest Howard White has finally been brought to justice for sexual abuse crimes he admitted to committing in Haywood, but with civil litigation still pending, the story isn’t yet over.
More than 3.5 kilograms of methamphetamine and one kilogram of cocaine were seized from a Haywood County residence as part of a large-scale drug investigation headed up by the State Bureau of Investigation.
Howard White, the former Episcopal priest who has faced child sexual abuse allegations across several states over the course of several decades, had his day in court Monday.
On Saturday, Oct. 19, at 11:31 a.m., the Waynesville Police Department was called to the area of The Open Door on Commerce Street in reference to a subject being stabbed. At the time of the call, the suspect had reportedly fled the area.
A man is in jail after breaking into the Central Elementary School building.
Two men are off the hook on serious rape charges after the victim disappeared.
A man was sentenced to at least six years in prison after pleading guilty to stabbing his uncle and holding his grandmother at knifepoint.
