Wilmington, NC News

A sick raccoon found Wednesday raised New Hanover County cases of rabies to 11 this year.The animal was seen on Bayfield Drive near a resident’s cat, so officials decided to send the raccoon to the state lab for rabies testing, New Hanover County spokesman Mark Boyer said in a statement Thursday.

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Wilmington police are asking the public to identify a woman who shopped at a Belk department store with stolen credit cards.

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Raleigh | The passage of SB832, which will allow the Coastal Resources Commission to study and allow the construction of terminal groins along certain sections of the state’s 320-mile shoreline, passed the state Senate on Thursday almost as quickly as a wave crashing on the beach.

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Swine flu hasn’t spread far enough to close local schools, but officials are monitoring the situation closely.

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They pleaded guilty months ago, but this week, two brothers apologized to the parents of a man shot to death during a pot robbery setup.

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