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North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger faces Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page in the GOP primary to represent Senate District 26. It's Berger's first Republican challenger in years.
Paul Specht, WRAL state government reporter
The shrimping business has sustained families on the coast for generations. Families on the coast tell WRAL's Tar Heel Traveler they hope the tradition never fades.
The FDA recalled Walmart's Great Value frozen raw shrimp due to potential radioactive contamination.
A ban on trawling close to shore may have failed in the House, but the battle is not over for lawmakers or those who make their living on shrimp boats.
The tension between the interests of the state's commercial fishing industry and its recreational fishers reached a boiling point when North Carolina lawmakers sought to ban inland shrimp trawling this year.
WRAL anchor/reporter Dan Haggerty answered viewer questions about a flesh-eating bacteria in North Carolina and the legalization of digital driver's licenses.
As North Carolina's lawmakers consider ban on shrimp trawling in inshore waters, the livelihoods of Outer Banks shrimpers and restaurateurs like Vicki Basnight hang in the balance.
About 100 shrimpers and others opposed to the ban cheered in the state legislative building as House Republicans announced their next steps.
The North Carolina Senate passed a bill to ban shrimp trawling in inland waters, but after fierce opposition from the shrimp industry and some lawmakers, it won't advance in the House.
Brian Murphy, WRAL
Hundreds of supporters of North Carolina's shrimp industry, many from coastal counties, descended on the state legislature to protest a proposed ban on shrimp trawling in the state's inland waters.
Hundreds of protesters showed up at the legislature Tuesday, demanding that lawmakers stop a proposed shrimp trawling ban in North Carolina's inland waters.
Commercial fishermen and coastal business owners hold a news conference to talk about a proposed shrimping ban.
A Brunswick County man is charged with threatening to kill a state lawmaker over a proposed shrimp trawling ban.
Shrimpers on Tuesday descended on the state legislative complex to protest a proposed inland shrimp trawling ban. The protest comes a day after North Carolina senators approved a plan to pay the commercial fishermen who would be affected by the ban.
North Carolina senators gave their approval to a bill that would pay shrimpers for the next three years if they are impacted by the trawling ban making its way through the legislature.
WRAL staff
The Senate approved a plan to ban shrimp trawling in inland waters and near the coast over strong objections from some coastal lawmakers.
Brian Murphy, WRAL News
The North Carolina Senate voted for the measure Wednesday. A final vote is scheduled for Thursday. Some coastal Republicans are adamantly opposed.
The North Carolina Senate gave its final approval for the shrimp trawling ban Thursday.
The average American eats almost 6 pounds of shrimp per year, far more than any other ocean product.
Erik Vance, New York Times
'Time to eat.' That's been the sign in front of 42nd St. Oyster Bar and Seafood Grill since 1987, but the restaurant's history spans over eight decades.
Sydney Franklin, WRAL multiplatform producer
A shrimp boat that washed ashore in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, by Hurricane Ian was finally freed from the sand on Tuesday with the help of a backhoe and another boat.
A man was arrested Friday after police say he made his way onto a shrimp boat that washed ashore during Hurricane Ian.
WMBF News Staff
Lawsuit filed this week in federal court demands that state and federal rules on trawling be enforced.
Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter
