NC Superintendent Johnson comments on annual School Performance report Mark Johnson, North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction comments on the annual release of the school performance grades during a press conference at the State Education Building on Wednesday, September 5, 2018 in Raleigh, N.C.

With the deadly remnants of Hurricane Florence still pounding the Carolinas, President Donald Trump took to Twitter again late Friday night to question the number of deaths in Puerto Rico attributed to last year’s Hurricane Maria. Having already drawn widespread criticism from members of his own party earlier this week for a claim made without evidence that the death toll was ginned up by Democrats in order to slime him, Trump once again tried to…

Officials in South Carolina are reporting the state’s first fatality due to Florence, bringing the storm’s overall death toll to at least five. A 61-year-old woman was killed late Friday when the vehicle she was driving struck a tree that had fallen across Highway 18 near the town of Union. Capt. Kelley Hughes of the South Carolina Highway Patrol said the woman, who was wearing a seat belt, died at the scene. No passengers were…

Five deaths have been confirmed in North Carolina as a result of Hurricane Florence, which is now a tropical storm. Earlier Saturday, Director of Emergency Services in Carteret County, Stephen Rea, told ABC11 two people died in Harkers Island on Friday morning. The county later clarified that the two deaths were not related to the storm. In Wilmington, a mother and infant were killed after a tree fell on their home after Hurricane Florence made…

Editor’s Note: This list will continue to be updated as we hear of closings and cancellations. Updated 11:17 p.m. Sept. 14. Sorry, One Direction fans. Niall Horan’s Raleigh show is off. Yes, the one that’s been in the works for about a year. Due to Hurricane Florence, his Sept. 17 show with Maren Morris at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek Amphitheatre has been canceled. But, you can still see them in Charlotte…

News & Observer reporter Andrew Carter and photographer Travis Long had been on two rescue boat missions Friday in the floodwaters of New Bern, N.C., as Hurricane Florence, weakened to a tropical storm, continued to drench the state and strand people in their homes. After the second evacuation mission, they were completely soaked. “I was ready to move on to something else,” Carter said, “but Travis recommended we hang in there and follow one last…

Seven deaths have been confirmed as a result of Hurricane Florence, which is now a tropical storm.Director of Emergency Services in Carteret County, Stephen Rea, told ABC11 Saturday morning that two people died in Harkers Island Friday morning.Specific details surrounding the deaths have not yet been released; however, he said they did not drown. In Wilmington, a mother and infant were killed after a tree fell on their home after Hurricane Florence made landfall in…

WILMINGTON, North Carolina — In the midst of the storm, a group of firefighters were captured spreading a bit of peace during a time of devastation. Wilmington Fire Department were attempting to rescue a family after a tree fell on their home after Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina Friday morning. Firefighters and rescue crews stopped to kneel and pray after they discovered the mother and her 8-month-old infant were killed by the fallen…

Tropical Storm Florence was predicted all along to camp over the Carolinas after making landfall. But just how slow is the storm moving? Just 2 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center’s 11 a.m. update Saturday. At that speed, Florence is creeping along at about the same rate as a rat walks. In fact, Florence is meandering across North and South Carolina about as slowly as some of the world’s fastest turtles, according to an…

Darkness and danger spread across North Carolina on Saturday, as Florence blasted an ever-widening swath of the state with torrential rain and dangerous wind. Five North Carolinians had died from storm-related incidents as of Saturday morning, and Gov. Roy Cooper said others remained under investigation. The fatalities illustrate the scope of hazards facing people in Florence’s broad path: Two were killed by a tree falling on their home, one was electrocuted while connecting extension cords…