RALEIGH (AP) The U.S. Supreme Court is ending North Carolina’s fight for a say in the operations and ownership of four hydroelectric dams under the theory the state has owned the riverbed since statehood and the country’s independence. The Supreme ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by North Carolina challenging Alcoa Inc.’s ownership of riverbed underneath dams it has operated for decades. In an order signed Monday, U.S. District Judge Terrence Boyle said the evidence demonstrates that Alcoa ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge questioned Thursday whether North Carolina was acting like a “banana republic” with its lawsuit challenging whether Alcoa Inc. owns the riverbed under Yadkin River dams it has operated for as long as a ...

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Colonial-era land grants and settlement patterns on North Carolina's frontier are among the evidence a federal judge will consider at a trial opening Tuesday that will determine ownership of the riverbed under Alcoa's dams.

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RALEIGH (AP) — Alcoa Inc. sold less electricity generated on North Carolina’s second-largest river but enjoyed a bigger payday from selling the power that formerly drove a factory, according to a regulatory filing by the world’s largest aluminum company. Alcoa ...

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A North Carolina environmental official recommended Alcoa Inc. get a crucial approval needed for a new 50-year license to operate four Yadkin River hydropower dams before another agency sued to challenge the company's riverbed ownership rights.

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North Carolina officials filed a lawsuit Friday in a long-running fight with Alcoa Inc. over who will control the water and electric power that comes from the state's second-largest river system for the next 50 years.

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