➤ Craven County: Two men have been charged with helping murder suspect John Nigh escape jail by removing ceiling grating and stuffing a mattress to make it look like Nigh was asleep in his cell. The escapee remains on the run. (More)
➤ Elizabeth City: U.S. Coast Guard members used a C-130 Hercules airplane and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter to save two men who were sinking on a sailboat 103 miles east of Wilmington. (Watch Rescue)
➤ Western NC: A Hurricane Helene recovery official told a House Select Committee Wednesday that over 3,000 calls have been made to people needing homes but some “people don’t want them.” (More)
➤ Haywood County: A construction engineer working on a 5-mile section of I-40 near the Tennessee state line damaged by Hurricane Helene estimates that it will be spring before one lane can open. (More)
➤ Asheville: A Helene-damaged section of Swannanoa River Road between Tunnel and Fairview roads has reopened after NCDOT crews built a new road in less than 120 days. (More)
➤ Statewide: Republican Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin’s most recent court filing asserts that more than 500 people who voted in the November election have never lived in North Carolina or the United States. (More)
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