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Moore County substation attack. On 3 December 2022, a shooting attack was carried out on two electrical distribution substations located in Moore County, North Carolina, United States. Damage from the attack left up to 40,000 residential and business customers without electrical power. Initial estimates were that up to four days could be ...
List of newspapers. There were approximately 260 North Carolina newspapers in publication at the beginning of 2020. [ 2] The Fayetteville Observer (established in 1816) is the oldest newspaper in North Carolina. The Star-News of Wilmington (established in 1867) is the oldest continuously running newspaper.
Thousands of residents in North Carolina's Moore County entered a third day without power Tuesday following what authorities described as a “targeted” attack on two electric substations.
(Reuters) -Residents of a central North Carolina county faced a second night of freezing weather without power on Sunday after vandals opened fire on two electric substations in what authorities ...
During the period of the U.S. War of Independence, a series of conflicts and agreements known as the Cherokee wars and treaties significantly diminished Cherokee influence and land holdings in Georgia, eastern Tennessee, and western North and South Carolina. This allowed for the expansion of white settlement and speculation in the region.
At the end of February 1865 the port city of Wilmington had fallen to Union troops under the command of Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield.Schofield was then to move his forces inland from the coast and join with Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's forces at Goldsboro, North Carolina, where three Union armies would move against a Confederate army being gathered under Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston.
A 30-year-old convicted murderer escaped from custody while being transported to a North Carolina ... In a 4:30 p.m. press conference, Orange County officials said they believe Alston had help in ...
8 killed. 16 wounded. ~400 captured [5] The siege of Fort Macon took place from March 23 to April 26, 1862, on the Outer Banks of Carteret County, North Carolina. It was part of Union Army General Ambrose E. Burnside 's North Carolina Expedition during the American Civil War . In late March, Major General Burnside’s army advanced on Fort ...