Category: North Carolina

One in 4 Gas Stations in North Carolina out of Fuel: Tracker

About 25 percent of gasoline stations in North Carolina have run out of fuel as of Wednesday morning, as states from New Jersey to Florida suffer from a truck driver shortage combined with the fallout from a pipeline operator’s network being breached. Some 24.8 percent of the 5,273 fuel stations in North Carolina were out…


One in Four Gas Stations in North Carolina Out of Fuel: Tracker

About 25 percent of gasoline stations in North Carolina have run out of fuel as of Wednesday morning, as states from New Jersey to Florida suffer from a truck driver shortage combined with the fallout from a pipeline operator’s network being breached. Some 24.8 percent of the 5,273 fuel stations in North Carolina were out…


North Carolina House Passes GOP-Backed Anti-Rioting Bill

The North Carolina state House approved a GOP-backed bill that enhances penalties for rioting and civil disorder—coming in the wake of nationwide Black Lives Matter-linked riots and demonstrations last year. The bill, House Bill 805, would allow property owners to sue for damages incurred during a riot, including court and attorney fees. It also seeks…


North Carolina Declares State of Emergency Over Fuel Supplies After Colonial Pipeline Attack

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency on Monday to help ensure adequate fuel supplies following the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack and subsequent shutdown. Cooper issued an executive order (pdf) which temporarily suspends some motor vehicle regulations for truck drivers hauling in support of emergency relief efforts related to the shortages of gasoline, diesel,…


3 Teenagers Charged With Murder in Relation to North Carolina Student’s Death

Three teenagers believed to be connected to a 17-year-old’s body that was discovered by lawn care workers near a high school in a small town in North Carolina were taken into custody on Friday and charged with murder.


North Carolina Advances ‘No Eugenics’ Bill Banning Discrimination-Based Abortions

Republicans in the North Carolina legislature on Tuesday advanced a bill that would make it illegal to carry out abortions if the procedure is done because of the unborn child’s race, sex, or because of a prenatal diagnosis of possible Down Syndrome. The state’s Republican-led House’s Health committee approved the bill and forwarded it to…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (April 29)

An economics professor says Biden’s new spending plan will make people more dependent on the government, an intense shoot-out in North Carolina claims the lives of three people and two police officers, and police departments nationwide are having trouble recruiting and are seeing hundreds of officers retire or quit.


NC Sheriff: 2 Deputies Killed, Suspect and 2 Others Dead

BOONE, N.C.—Two deputies were killed and three other people including a suspected gunman were found dead after a lengthy standoff in North Carolina, a sheriff’s office said Thursday. The Watauga County Sheriff’s office said Sgt. Chris Ward and K-9 Deputy Logan Fox were dispatched to a home in Boone at 9:44 a.m. Wednesday after the…


Rep. Ted Budd Enters Race for North Carolina US Senate Seat

Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) on Wednesday entered the race to succeed retiring Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) in the U.S. Senate. Budd, 49, is a strong supporter of former President Donald Trump. The gun store owner was first elected to Congress in 2016. “I’m a small businessman who was so fed up with the liberals’ attacks…


North Carolina Rep. Budd Enters Race for US Senate Seat

Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C.), a strong supporter of former President Donald Trump, said on April 28 that he will seek to succeed retiring Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) in the U.S. Senate in 2022. Budd, 49, who owns a gun store, was first elected to Congress in 2016. “I’m a small businessman who was so fed…