W.Va. pain clinics screening patients for pill use
The service is provided by Raleigh County-based PPPFD Inc. — an acronym for Patients, Physicians, Pharmacists Fighting Diversion. The screening includes a drug test, background checks and an interview with an officer. Patients also are fingerprinted and ...
Duke Energy to spend $500M for more solar power
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Duke Energy plans to invest $500 million in solar power to meet North Carolina's requirement that more of its electricity come from renewable energy, the country's largest electricity company said Monday. The Charlotte-based company ...
Woman pleads guilty to operating meth lab in Mercer County
PRINCETON — A Raleigh County woman pleaded guilty Monday in Mercer County Circuit Court to one charge of operating or attempting to operate an illicit drug lab and one charge of exposing children to methamphetamine manufacture. Lois Wamsley, 24 ...
‘Talladega Nights’ car on display at state museum
RALEIGH — The stock car seen zooming around Rockingham Speedway in “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby” will be on display at the North Carolina Museum of History this fall. Ricky Bobby’s No. 26 Wonder Bread race car from the 2006 movie ...
