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SUNSET BEACH, N.C. (AP) — An administrative law judge will hear a challenge to plans to build 21 houses on Sunset Beach property so fragile that federal regulations prohibit public utility connections. The News & Observer of Raleigh reports a ...

Tagged with: Sunset Beach

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The NBA All-Star Game’s exit from North Carolina because of a law limiting protections for LGBT people represents some of the worst publicity yet for Republican Gov. Pat McCrory’s re-election campaign, even as he dismisses the ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Clues to what became of North Carolina’s fabled Lost Colony could lie in a waterfront tract where developers once wanted to build thousands of condos — and now, one of those would-be developers is seeking millions ...

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KITTY HAWK, N.C. (AP) — New maps for Dare County are removing thousands of homes and lots from flood zones, creating a need to update local building codes that until now accounted for more rising water. The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk ...

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ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — The largest wind farm in the southeastern United States is sprouting with its first turbine now standing over a Pasquotank County corn field. The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk, Virginia, reported the turbine caps one of more ...

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Democratic gubernatorial nominee Roy Cooper unveiled his economic plan Wednesday, promising that if elected he’ll work to expand Medicaid and broadband access, cut taxes for the middle class, pass a transportation bond and repeal the law ...

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SUNSET BEACH, N.C. (AP) — An environmental group is challenging a state permit allowing a developer to build 21 houses on oceanfront property at Sunset Beach, along with a bridge. The StarNews of Wilmington reports the Southern Environmental Law Center ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The window is small and the legislative strategy tricky, but GOP leaders say there’s still a chance to change the North Carolina law that sparked a clash over transgender rights on the national stage. The state ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Several North Carolina environmental law changes have cleared the state Senate. The omnibus bill written by Republicans and approved Thursday largely along party lines would raise the threshold before a developer must make environmental improvements when ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A bill pushed through the North Carolina House by Charlotte-area legislators to cancel a private company’s contract to build and operate special toll lanes on Interstate 77 appears doomed in the Senate this year. Senate Transportation ...

Tagged with: I77 Toll Lanes