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Another round of setting homeowner insurance policy rates in North Carolina has begun with the industry seeking a 42.2% average statewide premium increase that would begin in the summer.

In North Carolina, one person has died and two other people were in critical condition after a suspected tornado struck a mobile home park in the town of Claremont, which is north of Charlotte, according to Amy McCauley, a spokesperson for Catawba County. The county has also been dealing with downed trees and flooding.

City of High Point leaders stayed local when they chose Peter Bishop to be their next economic development director.

Forsyth Technical Community College kicked off an event series on Monday commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It’s a collaboration between local universities, nonprofit organization Triad Cultural Arts, and other community members. 

The Guilford County Board of Commissioners is considering increasing the property tax collection rate for its municipalities, which has remained unchanged for 13 years.

The Carolina Panthers now need a head coach and a general manager. The Panthers announced Monday they have fired GM Scott Fitterer one day after the team finished with an NFL-worst 2-15 record.

A winter weather system moving through the U.S.

Chappell grew up in the mill town of Canton in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina. In a documentary about his life, “Fred Chappell: I Am One of You Forever,” he said he carried the mountains with him whenever he went. He spent most of his career in Greensboro, writing and teaching in the graduate-level creative writing program he helped build.

As the respiratory viral season picks up, local infectious disease expert Dr. Christopher Ohl gave an update Friday on three major viruses health care providers are seeing.