Why are NC flags flying at half-staff this week? What to know

Flags will be flown at half-staff this week following a fatal crash that killed a state trooper while on duty.

Master Trooper Steven J. Perry was killed in a wrong-way crash on the Durham Freeway on Sunday, March 1, by a driver who authorities say was likely impaired, The News & Observer reported previously.

Gov. Josh Stein on Tuesday, March 10, ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Wednesday, March 11, in honor of Perry…

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