As the number of new coronavirus cases continues to increase in North Carolina, Gov. Roy Cooper issued a stay-at-home order for the entire state, effective 5 p.m. Monday, March 30.
A sweeping management plan that will guide the future of the Pisgah and Nantahala national forests is in the final public input phase of a drawn-out multi-year process, and public opinions are being sought.
RALEIGH – North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey has directed all health benefit plans licensed by the N.C. Department of Insurance to allow for extra prescriptions as a result of the state of emergency declared by Governor Roy Cooper.
Letter from Bishop Paul Leeland to churches in the United Methodist Church Western Conference
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.
Crime
A Maggie Valley man will spent the better part of two decades in prison after being found guilty on charges related to a meth lab he was running out of his residence.
A Waynesville man has been arrested for allegedly knocking out another man and stealing cash and prescription opioids from him once he was unconscious.
A 76-year-old Hyder Mountain man is dead, his son is wounded, and another son is charged in his father’s stabbing death and attempting to kill his brother.
A former Haywood County Sheriff’s Deputy charged in 2018 with several felonies related to the theft of evidence, including narcotics, will be spending at least the next seven years behind bars.
A Maggie Valley man is going to spend at least 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing his girlfriend’s daughter for well over a year.
A Haywood County man received a sentence of at least 94 months in prison after pleading guilty to one count of attempted statutory sex offense with a person under 15 years of age.
The first murder trial in Haywood County since 2013 was brought to an abrupt halt last week right in the middle of jury selection.
Waynesville Police confirmed earlier this week that the two deceased individuals found Wednesday died as the result of a murder-suicide.
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.
