Gov. Mike Easley’s office says Alan Thornburg, a Wake Forest law school graduate, was appointed to the 28th Judicial District Superior Court.

News Channel 7 has learned that Hartwell Lake is dangerouslly low and threatens water supplies in Anderson. In addition, the governor of North Carolina has declared 59 counties disaster areas due to drought-related crop damage.

Gov. Mike Easley’s doctor ribbed the chief executive in advance of his shoulder surgery. Easley scheduled surgery Tuesday at Duke Hospital to fix torn tendons and remove bone spurs from his right shoulder.