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State officials today released their first results of water quality samples and an updated preliminary health assessment for concentrations of the unregulated compound GenX in finished, or treated, drinking water.

Nonprofits operating in 13 hard-hit North Carolina counties will get $810,000 to help volunteers rebuild homes damaged by Hurricane Matthew, Governor Roy Cooper said today during a visit to Robeson and Columbus counties.

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality is leading a state investigation regarding reports of an unregulated chemical in the Cape Fear River.

Officials with the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality and state Attorney General’s Office announced Friday that the state has issued an emergency declaration and will move forward with plans to breach Woodlake Dam in Moore County to ensure the safety of downstream communities.

State environmental officials are reopening and expanding their nationwide search for a director for the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries.

The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries is reminding watermen they need to renew their commercial fishing licenses and permits by June 30 to continue fishing, or in some cases, keep their licenses.

The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries is reminding fishermen that its Elizabeth City office has moved.

The state Division of Air Quality has awarded $180,986 in grants for projects to reduce air pollution from mobile sources.

The state Division of Air Quality has awarded $180,986 in grants for projects to reduce air pollution from mobile sources.

A warm autumn kept commercial fishermen catching and selling shrimp up to New Year’s Eve last year, boosting 2016 shrimp landings to the highest since the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ Trip Ticket Program began in 1994. But overall, the 60 million pounds of finfish and shellfish commercial fishermen caught and sold at the docks was a 9 percent decrease from 2015. The total estimated dockside value of $94 million was about $700,000 short of the 2015 value.