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Fireworks, community picnic highlight Morehead City July 4 schedule; golf cart ride canceled
3+ hour, 35+ min ago (245+ words) Carolina Coast Online MOREHEAD CITY " Morehead City will host a public picnic and fireworks display on July 4 to celebrate the U. S. Semiquincentennial, though a previously scheduled golf cart event has been called off. The town announced that the Red, White and…...
New Jersey is set to charge companies with workers on Medicaid. Other states may follow
5+ hour, 20+ min ago (297+ words) Carolina Coast Online New Jersey is launching a new fee on companies whose workers have Medicaid health coverage instead of being covered by their employers. Other states are considering it, too. Democratic lawmakers and governors see it as a way…...
NCDOT announces new NC Intercity Bus Service and Route expansion
4+ hour, 4+ min ago (205+ words) Carolina Coast Online RALEIGH "To enhance statewide connectivity, the N. C. Department of Transportation's intercity bus program is expanding with new service and routes across North Carolina and neighboring states. The new routes and extensions add an additional 900 miles of daily service…...
Highway Patrol investigates fatal head-on collision in Craven County
5+ hour ago (264+ words) Carolina Coast Online DOVER " A Cove City woman died Wednesday morning after her car crossed the centerline and collided head-on with a dump truck in Craven County, authorities said. The North Carolina State Highway Patrol responded to the fatal crash…...
State budget allocates $133. 9 M for delayed Jet Zero project
5+ hour, 11+ min ago (287+ words) Carolina Coast Online Jet Zero, a commercial aircraft manufacturing facility under construction at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, has been allocated $133. 9 million in the state budget, announced on June 30, to fund improvements to the site. The facility is projected…...
Groundbreaking for W. S. King Rec Center renovations set for July 14
5+ hour, 3+ min ago (272+ words) Carolina Coast Online MOREHEAD CITY " Renovations to the W. S. King Recreation Center are set to begin this month. The work is part of a planned $8. 2 million project that includes the design and construction of a new gym and other upgrades. According…...
Consent order would end lawsuit over NC Medicaid autism services
21+ hour, 59+ min ago (97+ words) Carolina Coast Online The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and families that use Medicaid-funded autism services have reached a deal that would end a 2025 lawsuit. DHHS and the families filed a joint motion in Wake County Superior…...
Raleigh man pleads guilty to receiving more than $60 million in fraudulent claims for patient referrals | Regional | carolinacoastonline. com
21+ hour, 59+ min ago (418+ words) WILMINGTON " A Raleigh man, James Shuford Price III, 59, pleaded guilty in federal court to the crime of paying illegal kickbacks for referrals to his California-based lab and filing a false federal tax return. At sentencing, Price faces a statutory maximum…...
Candidate filing begins July 6 for Harkers Island Sanitary District Board
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (267+ words) Carolina Coast Online CARTERET COUNTY " Candidate filing for the Harkers Island Sanitary District Board (three seats) will begin at 8 a. m. on Monday, July 6, 2026, and end at noon on Friday, July 17, 2026. Filings will be accepted at the Carteret County Board of Elections,…...
Ship runs aground in Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state TV reports
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (253+ words) Carolina Coast Online The report appeared aimed at underlining Tehran's claims to control the strait, which has long been considered by the world as an international waterway and saw a fifth of all oil and natural gas pass through it…...