RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina issued the following news release: A Rocky Mount cocaine dealer was sentenced to 600 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm by a felon. On April 11, 2024, Andre Donnell Downey, age 37, pled guilty to the charges. "This high-volume drug dealer, who previously served a federal sentence for trafficking cocaine, quickly returned to a life  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57213) involving Harris Nuclear Plant, North Carolina: * * * Facility: Harris Region: 2 State: NC Unit: [1] [] [] RX Type: [1] W-3-LP NRC Notified By: Trent Plummer HQ OPS Officer: Ernest West Notification Date: 07/08/2024 Notification Time: 11:04 [ET] Event Date: 07/08/2024 Event Time: 07:48 [EDT] Last Update Date: 07/08/2024 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Section: 50.72(b  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57213) involving Harris Nuclear Plant, North Carolina: * * * Facility: Harris Region: 2 State: NC Unit: [1] [] [] RX Type: [1] W-3-LP NRC Notified By: Trent Plummer HQ OPS Officer: Ernest West Notification Date: 07/08/2024 Notification Time: 11:04 [ET] Event Date: 07/08/2024 Event Time: 07:48 [EDT] Last Update Date: 07/08/2024 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Section: 50.72(  more