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May 24, 2020

Kurt Busch on the pole for NASCAR's longest race of the season

Kurt Busch came away with the pole for the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday, the only event on what’s typically the biggest single day of auto racing.

May 23, 2020

NC veterans make video for those who can't receive military funeral honor guard during coronavirus

A group of military veterans out of Mount Airy, N.C., made a video to bestow a funeral honor guard upon departed service members who are unable to receive one due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.

May 21, 2020

Tyson publicly reveals COVID-19 test results after plant-wide testing at North Carolina facility

Tyson Foods, Inc., publicly revealed the results after performing facility-wide testing at one of its plants in Wilkesboro, N.C.

May 19, 2020

After 17 years underground, vast army of cicadas set to emerge

Some 17 years after making their last appearance, a vast army of cicadas is set to emerge from underground in Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina.

May 19, 2020

Michigan floods bring 'substantial' concern about dams, 'cutoff low' to pack drenching rain

A slow-moving storm dumped heavy rain Monday across Michigan, leading to warnings about the structural stability of dams as the same weather system threatens to bring even more rain to parts of the Southeast. 

May 18, 2020

Kurt Busch praises NASCAR for 'tremendous job' putting on Darlington race after two months away

Kurt Busch, who finished third in Sunday's NASCAR Cup series race at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina -- the first race after the sport shut down for 10 weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic -- told "Bill Hemmer Reports" Monday that he felt great to be back racing, even with no fans in the stands. 

May 18, 2020

Tropical Storm Arthur spreads rain, wind into North Carolina during brush with Outer Banks

The first named storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season lashed eastern North Carolina with rain and gusty winds on Monday as the tropical storm made a close pass at the state's Outer Banks.

May 18, 2020

Eerie photos show Outer Banks shipwreck sinking into sand

The wreck of a ship that recently ran aground on the Outer Banks is sinking into the sand, eerie photographs show.

May 18, 2020

North Carolina man hears screams, pulls 2 young girls from Outer Banks rip current in 'heroic' rescue: officials

A man in North Carolina is being praised for jumping into action when he heard the screams from two children and pulled them from a rip current in the Outer Banks on Friday, according to officials. 

May 17, 2020

Judge blocks North Carolina Gov. Cooper’s rule limiting indoor religious service amid coronavirus

A federal judge in North Carolina has blocked Gov. Roy Cooper’s executive order that limits indoor religious services to just 10 people during the coronavirus outbreak, ruling that there is “no pandemic exception” to the U.S. Constitution.