By Mandy Mitchell Warsaw, N.C. — Field trips are meant to teach — outside of a classroom — to give a real world experience. Friday was one memorable field trip for students from Athens Drive High School in Raleigh. “Just on the bus ride, seeing the wreckage that people had put outside their house — that shows the devastation that happened, the stuff they are having to clear out because their possessions were destroyed,” said…

Editor’s note: This article appears in a special section on Hurricane Florence in the print edition of The News & Observer and The Herald-Sun on Sunday, Sept. 30. If you’re not a subscriber, the section will be available in papers in local stores. Hurricane Florence was just a giant gray tumbleweed on the weather radar screen for two weeks, menacing to the Carolinas but somewhat abstract, until midday on Thursday, Sept. 13. That’s when the…

State health officials have suspended immunization requirements for all students entering North Carolina schools and all children entering daycare to allow families to deal with disruptions caused by Hurricane Florence. Under state law, all students attending pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, community college and public or private university for the first time must show they have received required immunizations by their 30th day of school. But under an order this week by State Health Director Dr….

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Neighbor describes scene of murder-suicide in Johnston County Johnston County authorities say two teenagers were found dead at an Angier home Monday night after a suspected murder suicide. Cheyanne DeRosa, 18, a Wake Tech student who lives next door, talks to reporters about the scene.

Two cities that know too well what disaster feels like — and, too, how it feels to get a helping hand — are shipping trucks of supplies to the victims of Hurricane Florence. Columbia and Houston are teaming up to send more than 60,000 pounds of goods and supplies — from water and dog food to diapers and generators — to the Georgetown, S.C., area, where flooding caused by Florence has lasted for two weeks….

Katelen Harvey and Roy Gregg thought they had escaped the destruction of former Hurricane Florence unscathed, when a falling tree crashed through the roof of the modest, brick house they were renting in east Charlotte. While the couple and their 22-month-old daughter were not hurt, the storm has left them homeless. Thousands of homes and structures were damaged during the storm, according to the American Red Cross, leaving many without permanent housing. More than 1,900…