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The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality says the water at the public access to Bogue Sound at Sunset Drive in Morehead City showed levels of bacteria higher than the state and national standard.
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Lawyers for former County Attorney Bryan Wardell say he was fired in a closed-door meeting of the Pitt County Board of Commissioners, just 90 days after he became first African American County Attorney in Pitt County.
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Each May, members of the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics North Carolina carry the Flame of Hope through their communities to support Special Olympics North Carolina athletes.
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NPS officials say the Outer Banks of North Carolina is a hotspot for marine mammal activity.
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Several eastern North Carolina deputies were sent to the base of the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge to round up an unusual suspect – a large alligator on Highway 17 South entering Brunswick County.
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The Topsail Turtle Project says almost 20 balloons were found on the beach just this week.
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Attorney General Josh Stein said former Cherokee County DSS attorney Scott Lindsay was convicted of 12 counts of felony obstruction of justice and two counts of misdemeanor obstruction of justice.
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Alphonso Murray, the owner of Murray’s Auto World in Wilson, was charged with insurance fraud, obtaining property by false pretense and two counts of car title application fraud, all felonies.
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Inmates with mental illness often wait months for care to give them a shot at being deemed capable to assist in their defense. Disability Rights North Carolina wants a judge to order the state’s Department of Health and Human Services to take immediate steps to drastically reduce those times.
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A Peace Officers Memorial Observance in Jacksonville will begin at 10 a.m. at the Jacksonville Public Safety Remembrance Garden behind the Center for Public Safety.