North Carolina is a hotbed for hurricanes. Here are the best tips and facts for hurricane season in NC.

Hurricane season begins June 1. Here's what every North Carolina resident needs to know

Hurricane Season in NC

According to a recent Edmunds used vehicle report, demand for used cars is dropping and so are their values as the new-car market rebounds from pandemic-induced shortages. T 

Edmunds: Trade or sell your car? What's best might surprise you

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Services have been planned for a Bladen County sheriff's deputy killed Friday in a car crash while responding to a call.

<b>BLADENBORO, N.C.</b> — Services have been planned for a Bladen County sheriff's deputy killed Friday in a car crash while responding to a call.

Visitation for the family of Deputy Dwayne Charles Hester, 39, is scheduled for 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Tuesday at Hickory Grove Baptist Church, 6414 Center Road in Bladenboro. A funeral will be held in the church's Family Life Center at 2 p.m. Wednesday.

Authorities said Hester died in a crash shortly before 11 p.m. Friday while he was responding to a call about an assault with a deadly weapon. No details on the crash have been released.

Hester is survived by his wife and two children. Authorities said he had been a deputy for about a year and previously served as a police officer in Elizabethtown.

Funeral planned for Bladen deputy killed in crash

Deputy Dwayne Charles Hester

"How could you just abandon somebody like that knowing good and well that I was not in the right spot?" Kamille Richardson asked.

'How could you just abandon somebody like that?': Blind Raleigh woman stranded by Uber driver at wrong location

Uber driver leaves blind passenger abandoned more than a mile away from destination

Many of the primary elections this year were crowded races with numerous candidates. That caused the need for runoffs in primaries where no candidate won at least 30% of the vote.

Unfinished business: GOP primaries to be settled in NC runoffs. What you need to know

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Showers will be likely throughout the day Tuesday with a few thunderstorms mixed in.

Tuesday brings off-and-on showers all day, Level 1 risk for severe storms south of Triangle⛈️

Hour-by-hour rain in the Triangle on Tuesday, May 14

Around 3 a.m., three people were shot near the 600 block of Drypoint Lane in Hope Mills. 

Three people shot near Drypoint Lane in Hope Mills

Crime scene do not cross tape

According to the Danville Police Department, officers received a tip of prior animal abuse at a pet grooming store on Hairston Street in Danville. In the complaint, a video showed the employee, identified as 22-year-old Cassidy Gill, striking a dog in January and February. The video in the complaint was shared with other social media accounts, including PETA.

Roxboro woman filmed hitting dogs arrested, charged with animal cruelty in Virginia

Photo of woman accused of animal cruelty at pet grooming salon

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Durham County commissioners are presenting their proposed budget for the county for the 2025 fiscal year.

Durham County commissioners present budget proposal for 2025 fiscal year

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The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees also set a $134.9 million budget for the 2024-25 school year.

UNC trustees critical of Cunningham, to review athletic department amid budget concerns

Cormac Ryan and his UNC teammates

NEW YORK (AP) -- Trailing by a goal with 20 minutes to go and their season on the line, the Carolina Hurricanes weren't discouraged. They knew they could turn the game around.

Hurricanes score 4 in third period, rally to beat Rangers 4-1 in Game 5 to avoid elimination

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After failing to score in the first two periods, the Carolina Hurricanes dominate the final 20 minutes and force Game 6 in Raleigh on Thursday.

Canes explode for four goals in the third period, beat Rangers 4-1

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The NC Courage head to Kansas City looking for a positive result, trying to end a two-game losing streak. 

NC Courage visit Kansas City Current Sunday

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Brandon Eno faces charges in two deadly shootings that both occurred Saturday in Durham. Records show Jennifer Faith Eno, one of the people killed, married Brandon Eno in 2011.

