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The $154 million bridge will take North Carolina Highway 12 over Pamlico Sound, bypassing the south end of the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge and part of the road that’s often washed over by the ocean during storms.

The company that runs QVC is shutting down a North Carolina distribution center heavily damaged by a fire, according to a filing with state officials.

The Edgecombe County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post that 21-year-old Kevon Ricks has been identified as the worker who died. More than 300 employees were working at the 1.2 million-square-foot facility when the fire broke out early Saturday.

Marshes throughout the Currituck Sound are disappearing at a rate of about 70 acres per year. Now, a new plan released by the Currituck Sound Coalition lays out a pathway to not only stop the degradation, but reverse its course.

On April 21, 2021, deputies with the Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office shot and killed 42-year old Andrew Brown Jr., an unarmed Black man. ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾'s Laura Pellicer interviewed Elizabeth City Mayor Bettie Parker about the community's push for changes in policing.

Brown’s family and others are still waiting for key developments in the case — including the results of an ongoing FBI probe, a family lawsuit seeking millions of dollars in damages, and a media petition for the public release of body camera footage.

District Court Judge Jennifer Karpowicz Bland switched her registration in early September. Cooper announced her Bland's appointment the week before.

Former colleagues of the late Senate leader Marc Basnight gathered Tuesday to remember his lasting contributions to North Carolina and to view a portrait of the Outer Banks Democrat that will hang in the chamber.

The city of New Bern is getting ready to release a 5-year resilience and hazard mitigation plan. Officials started working on the plan shortly after Hurricane Florence devastated the coastal town in Sept. 2018.

The pandemic has put the childcare industry in crisis. Leaders at the Rocky Mount Area Chamber of Commerce say local manufacturers are keenly aware of the need.

The family of an unarmed Black man who was fatally shot by sheriff's deputies in North Carolina has filed a $30 million civil rights lawsuit. Wednesday's filing in federal court says Andrew Brown Jr. died because of the deputies' "reckless disregard of his life."

The marshes in and around the Pine Island Sanctuary house some 183 different bird species. But they are eroding due to the effects of rising seas and a changing climate. Now, the Audubon Society has embarked on a years-long surveying project to map the habitat of rare, secretive marsh birds. What they hear from the birds will serve as an indicator of what could happen to the marshes.