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Raleigh -- Press Release NC Governor Roy Cooper Office

Raleigh -- Press Release NC Governor Roy Cooper Office - Today, at the opening of the 2019 Opioid Summit, Governor Roy Cooper highlighted the state’s progress in addressing the opioid epidemic over the last two years and launched the updated Opioid Action Plan 2.0 to continue to combat this issue in North Carolina.

Hickory, NC -- Press Release -- The City of Hickory had a discharge of untreated wastewater on 06/09/19 of an estimated 185,000 gallons at 2061 Snow Creek Road.  The untreated wastewater was discharged into Snow Creek.

Western NC -- Severe Weather Alerts - Asheville , NC Flash Flood Watch

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina lawmakers will finally decide whether to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of legislation that says doctors and nurses can be charged with a crime if they fail to care for an infant delivered during an unsuccessful abortion.

ROANOKE, VA. (AP) — A fatal stabbing on the Appalachian Trail has led the nonprofit that manages the trail to revise its website for reporting safety issues and suspicious incidents.

Raleigh -- North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper Press Release May 23, 2019 

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is using the power of his pen again to promote policies his administration considers supportive of women in the workplace and family-friendly.

Cherokee County -- A district court ruled after a Feb. 28, 2018, District Court hearing at the Cherokee County Courthouse in Murphy that the county’s Department of Social Services was forcing parents to sign unlawful documents.