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Asheville Citizen-Times

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NC Quick Pass scams can steal credit card, social security numbers, FBI warns

More "smishing" scams surrounding North Carolina's toll payment program, NC Quick Pass, are apparently circulating throughout the state. Google searches for queries like "NC Quick Pass scams" skyrocketed as of the morning of Tuesday, March 11. A message is also currently active on the NC Quick Pass website reminding the public that the organization never requests payment over text. In the past, smishing scams pretending to be associated with the NC Turnpike Authority and NC Quick Pass have included fake numbers, fraudulent websites, "owed" amounts and more. Some of these scams request information on social security numbers, as well...

North Carolina · 2025-03-11

FOX8 News

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Roy Cooper favored over Thom Tillis in hypothetical North Carolina Senate race: Poll

Respondents also gave Tillis just a 25 percent approval rating with 51 percent labeling him as "weak."

North Carolina · 2025-03-11

SB Nation

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ACC tournament 2025: Live scores, bracket updates, and TV schedule

The ACC has had a down year by its own standards in men’s college basketball. Historically one of the strongest conferences in the sport, this year’s version of the ACC ranks as the fifth-toughest league according to KenPom, and is only projected to send three teams to the 2025 NCAA tournament by our bracketologist Chris Dobbertean heading into conference tournament season.

Charlotte, NC · 2025-03-11
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columbuscountynews.com

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Boaters Up in Arms Over Launch Proposal

Hunters, fishermen, kayakers and other outdoors enthusiasts are in an uproar over a bill being considered by the general assembly. Senate Bill 220, titled Protect Private Property Rights, would stiffen rules regarding trespassing while hunting, fishing, pine straw collection, and duck hunting from blinds. It would broaden the requirement for written permission to hunt or fish on private property, as well as harvest pine straw.

North Carolina · 2025-03-11
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wcti12.com

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Multi-billion-dollar investment into Pitt County megasite expected to bring job boom

People living in Eastern North Carolina can expect thousands of new jobs and expansive infrastructure after a nearly five-billion-dollar investment into a megasite within Pitt County. Tuesday evening, Pitt County commissioners and Greenville city council members met together to tour the new megasite and discuss the beginning steps. The megasite,...

Pitt County, NC · 2025-03-11

WSOC Charlotte

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What is considered middle class in North Carolina?

How much do you need to make to be middle class in North Carolina?

North Carolina · 2025-03-10

WITN

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Update: Police believe West Greenville shooting was targeted

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Police are investigating a shooting in a West Greenville neighborhood that they believe was targeted. Police had several blocks of Contentnea Street near Ward Street closed off as they investigated the shooting that happened shortly before 5:00 p.m. Police say a 16-year-old was found inside a...

Greenville, NC · 2025-03-10

Asheville Citizen-Times

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Blue Ridge Parkway visits high despite Helene. Trump officials don't want it publicized

ASHEVILLE - Despite a natural disaster, two Western North Carolina national park sites remained among the most visited in the country in 2024, though a March 5 National Park Service memo indicated the Trump administration wishes to obscure information relevant to the number of visitors. While major sections of the roadway were devastated by Tropical Storm Helene in late September, the Blue Ridge Parkway, a skinny park that stretches 469 miles across the Blue Ridge Mountains from Shenandoah National Park in Virginia to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Cherokee, remained among the most popular national park units,...

North Carolina · 2025-03-11

ABC11 Eyewitness News

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NCDOT says inflation to blame for highway construction delays, here's a list of projects

As the U.S. grapples with rising economic costs and President Donald Trump declined the rule out a recession, the North Carolina Department of Transportation has also been faced with making ends meet with its own transportation agenda. The agency said inflation is to blame for major projects being delayed due to the overall rise in construction costs. It's a challenge with the funding that's available. "It's inflationary," said Drew Cox, the agency's eastern chief deputy engineer. "The cost increases we've seen in construction have impacted us over the past three years to a large extent. It's really caused us...

North Carolina · 2025-03-11

WRAL News

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Parents: Vance first grader with special needs left alone for hours

A Vance County couple, Tori and David McGhee, told WRAL News that their 7-year-old daughter was left alone in a Vance County classroom for hours after dismissal. “I was waiting for my daughter at the end of our driveway. The bus just slowly rolled past my house and never stopped,” Tori McGhee said. “I contacted her father and said, 'They never dropped (the child) off the bus.'”

Vance County, NC · 2025-03-10

WLOS.com

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WNC drivers warned of scam texts falsely claiming to be from toll services

WLOS — A text scam involving toll fees is claiming victims throughout Western North Carolina. Many WNC drivers have reported receiving texts claiming to be from North Carolina Toll Services, threatening a late fee of $50 if drivers don't pay the toll by following the link in the text.

Asheville, NC · 2025-03-10

FOX8 News

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Inmate accused of killing 4 in attempted North Carolina prison break on trial

Jonathan Monk is accused of helping start a fire in the sewing facility at the prison on Oct. 12, 2017, before murdering four prison employees.

North Carolina · 2025-03-10

WNCT

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New house bill could raise minimum wage in North Carolina

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCT) — North Carolina General Assembly Representatives Marcia Morey, Alison Dahl and Aisha Dew proposed a raise to the state minimum wage Monday. House Bill to raise minimum wage in North Carolina House Bill 353, referred to as ‘Fair Minimum Wage Act’, would raise the current federal minimum wage of $7.25 to at […]

North Carolina · 2025-03-10