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More counties to make transition to eCourts
The eCourts electronic document filing system continues its expansion next month with the addition of the seventh group of counties. The system will go live Feb. 3 in 13 eastern […]
3 lawyers among Dogwood Award recipients
Three lawyers — two of them district attorneys in eastern North Carolina — were among 33 honorees recently presented the Dogwood Award by state Attorney General Josh Stein. The lawyers […]
State shifts pay for some jurors to prepaid debit cards
North Carolinians serving on juries in a third of the state’s counties are receiving their pay on prepaid debit cards, replacing paper checks, the state’s Administrative Office of the Courts […]
State sets more training on eCourts system
Virtual and in-person eCourts training sessions are now available as the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts prepares to move another group of counties to the electronic filing system […]
Yearslong drug investigation leads to yearslong prison term
NEW BERN — A Benson businessman is going to federal prison for almost 15 years after a multiagency, multiyear investigation into his drug ring that trafficked pounds of methamphetamine and […]
Deal ends environmental racism complaint against hog farms
RALEIGH (AP) North Carolina officials are resolving a formal complaint of environmental racism by promising tougher oversight of industrial swine operations blamed for polluting the air and water. The state […]
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