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NC pharmacy ordered to take steps to prevent drug abuse

July 13, 2022 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal court has issued an order prohibiting a North Carolina pharmacy and its two pharmacists from dispensing controlled substances without taking steps to help ensure the drugs will not be abused, the U.S.

North Carolina woman linked to fatal overdose charged

June 22, 2022 GMT

ASHEBORO, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina sheriff's office has accused a 21-year-old woman of providing drugs that led to a fatal overdose this spring.

The Randolph County Sheriff's Office said the woman was arrested Tuesday on a charge of felony death by distribution, the High Point Enterprise reported.

Workers stab each other in fight at NC fast-food restaurant

May 17, 2022 GMT

ASHEBORO, N.C. (AP) — Two workers at a North Carolina fast-food restaurant stabbed each after getting into a fight, police said.

The Asheboro Police Department said in a news release that officers responded to a reported stabbing at a Wendy’s restaurant, news outlets reported.

2 accused of carjacking woman, 74, caught in North Carolina

April 15, 2022 GMT

ASHEBORO, N.C. (AP) — Two people accused of assaulting and carjacking a woman in eastern North Carolina have been apprehended, according to a sheriff’s office.

Deputies with the Craven County Sheriff’s Office said they responded to an assault and carjacking in New Bern.

North Carolina Zoo closes aviary after report of avian flu

January 25, 2022 GMT

ASHEBORO, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina Zoo is closing its aviary habitat to the public as precaution following discovery of avian flu among wild birds in the eastern part of the state, officials said.

North Carolina Zoo welcomes male grizzly bear from Arizona

December 14, 2021 GMT

ASHEBORO, N.C. (AP) — A 740-pound male grizzly bear from Arizona has joined the community at the North Carolina Zoo.

A news release from the zoo says staff relocated the 9-year-old grizzly bear, named Ronan, from the Reid Park Zoo in Tucson, Arizona, based on a recommendation by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.

North Carolina inmate who escaped in dump truck recaptured

October 25, 2021 GMT

ASHEBORO, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina prison inmate who authorities say escaped from a work detail by driving off in a dump truck has been recaptured, a sheriff's office said.

The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office said it received two calls on Saturday regarding a suspicious person walking along a local road.

NC authorities search for inmate who escaped in dump truck

October 22, 2021 GMT

LAURINBURG, N.C. (AP) — Authorities in North Carolina are searching for an inmate they said escaped from a work detail in a dump truck.

The North Carolina Department of Public Safety said Richard Alexander Mundy, 53, was working in an off-prison assignment in Laurinburg just before noon Thursday when he stole the dump truck, news outlets reported.

North Carolina high school senior in flag flap gets diploma

June 8, 2021 GMT

ASHEBORO, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina high school graduate now has his diploma, after a social media uproar over the Mexican flag he wore over his gown.

Ever Lopez, 18, walked out of Asheboro High School on Monday with the diploma in his hands and showed it to a small gathering of people, news outlets reported.

N Carolina student denied diploma for wearing Mexican flag

June 4, 2021 GMT

ASHEBORO, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina high school senior was denied his diploma because he draped a Mexican flag over his gown in violation of a graduation dress code, school officials said.

Endangered red wolves born at North Carolina Zoo, doing well

May 18, 2021 GMT

ASHEBORO, N.C. (AP) — Three litters of American red wolves, which are critically endangered and number less than two dozen in the wild, have been born at the North Carolina Zoo, officials announced Monday.

Critically endangered wolf pups born at North Carolina zoo

May 8, 2020 GMT

ASHEBORO, N.C. (AP) — A zoo in North Carolina has announced the birth of five American red wolves...

Box of bear cubs bewilders man at North Carolina home

February 6, 2020 GMT

CAMDEN, N.C. (AP) — It was a bear-y baffling discovery in front of a North Carolina home.

Cornelius Williams returned home from the grocery store Tuesday night and heard a squeaky noise coming from a cardboard box left in his walkway, WTKR-TV reported...

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As people evacuate before hurricane, zoo animals move inside

By DENISE LAVOIESeptember 13, 2018 GMT

As 1.7 million people were urged to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Florence, workers at the North Carolina Zoo were trying to figure out what to do with 1,600 animals...