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Amount of Haywood Medical Regional Medical Center's fuel spill revealed
CLYDE, N.C. (WLOS) — A fuel spill at Haywood Regional Medical Center is being monitored by environmental crews after more than 2,200 gallons of diesel fuel spilled into Jones Creek following heavy rains on Saturday. Officials at Haywood Regional Medical Center said the spill was due to equipment failure,...
'The house was shaking:' Strong storms down trees, power lines; hail reported across WNC
LEICESTER, N.C. (WLOS) — Sunday's strong storms brought trees down on homes, across roads and knocked out power to more than 2,000 customers, according to Duke Energy's outage map. Many of those outages were in the Leicester area. High winds clocking in at more than 35 mph blew down...
Lawsuits seek repayment of $12M to taxpayers, Ticketmaster divesture
(The Center Square) – On behalf of the North Carolina’s 10.8 million residents, Attorney General Josh Stein said separate unrelated lawsuits have been filed against Pactiv Evergreen and Live Nation. Pactiv closed a paper mill in Canton in 2023 and Stein is seeking repayment of $12 million he says is a breach of a 10-year-old grant agreement. The other lawsuit, of which North Carolina participates as one of 30 states with the U.S. Department of Justice, says Live Nation and Ticketmaster have illegally monopolized the...
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