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20-year-old North Carolina firefighter dies on duty after medical emergency
The Hickory Fire Department announced Friday the death of one of their 20-year-old firefighters while on duty.
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Governor Stein and Emergency Management Officials Provide Updates at the Start of Hurricane Season, Urge North Carolinians to Stay Safe
RALEIGH-Governor Josh Stein, Director of Emergency Management Will Ray, Attorney General Jeff Jackson, First Sergeant Chris ...
Opinion: A healthier NC hangs in the balance without continued state and federal funding
State funding is needed for HOP program. With HOP, North Carolinians are healthier, reducing need for expensive medical care ...
Gov. Stein is making the conservative case for FEMA | Opinion
In an ironic twist, the most liberal governor North Carolina has ever elected is sounding . . . conservative. | Opinion ...
Changes at FEMA raise local worries as hurricane season begins in North Carolina | Opinion
The start of hurricane season can send a shiver through eastern North Carolina, a region pounded in the last decade by two ...
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Recovery Failure: Why We Struggle To Rebuild for the Next Storm
Philip Bedient, a professor who studies flood models at Rice University, brought us to one of the county’s most recent undertakings, an enormous, man-made concrete canal full of water. It was recently ...