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Acting Mayor failed to declare local emergency for over six critical hours
Published: Monday, January 13th, 2025 @ 12:43 pm
By: John Steed
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President Joe Biden’s press conference on Thursday has sent shockwaves throughout the Democratic Party, with several top officials reportedly saying on background that the event was an unmitigated disaster for the 81-year-old.
Published: Monday, February 19th, 2024 @ 9:06 am
By: Daily Wire
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A new report released this week said that first lady Jill Biden was so irate after President Joe Biden embarrassed himself at a press conference that she berated him and his aides for allowing it to continue.
Published: Friday, February 16th, 2024 @ 9:41 am
By: Daily Wire
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SECU Foundation is pleased to announce the pilot of a new Disaster Response Program to address capacity building for North Carolina non-profits located in disaster areas as declared by federal or state governments.
Published: Friday, November 24th, 2023 @ 2:33 am
By: ENC NOW
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According to sources, a plane carrying emergency supplies and $10 Billion in disaster relief flew over the Hawaiian island of Maui on its way to Ukraine.
Published: Tuesday, October 10th, 2023 @ 9:30 am
By: Babylon Bee
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Former President Donald Trump responded to Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) entering the 2024 presidential race on Wednesday by mocking the governor and his campaign’s Twitter launch, which he called a “disaster.”
Published: Saturday, June 10th, 2023 @ 3:37 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) slammed President Joe Biden on Thursday ahead of Title 42’s expiration, which is expected to worsen an already dire situation on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Published: Saturday, May 20th, 2023 @ 9:37 am
By: Daily Wire
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The government-imposed COVID lockdowns wreaked havoc on America’s youth emotionally, mentally, and educationally. Now, new data shows that child gun-related fatalities and assaults skyrocketed in four major liberal cities from March 2020 to December 2021.
Published: Friday, March 31st, 2023 @ 6:12 pm
By: Daily Wire
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In an attempt to avert a major financial disaster in the wake of Silicon Valley Bank's collapse, the Biden Administration held a special meeting with Chinese President Xi to ask him for a quick loan to help bail out the failing bank.
Published: Sunday, March 19th, 2023 @ 5:25 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) challenged EPA Administrator Michael Regan to drink a glass of tap water in East Palestine, Ohio, after the agency claimed the water supply was safe despite the small town’s recent Norfolk Southern train derailment and toxic chemical disaster.
Published: Thursday, February 23rd, 2023 @ 10:37 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg tried to spin bipartisan criticism of his job performance Wednesday by suggesting that Congress should have played a role in preventing disasters like the still-unfolding situation in East Palestine, Ohio.
Published: Thursday, February 23rd, 2023 @ 2:14 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH) invited Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to a town hall on Wednesday evening about the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, asserting that the official has not heard the concerns of those impacted by the disaster.
Published: Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023 @ 11:34 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg finally issued a statement on the train derailment (which has since developed into a toxic chemical environmental disaster) in Ohio on Monday evening
Published: Tuesday, February 21st, 2023 @ 12:18 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Everybody with half a brain knew that President Joe Biden‘s presidency was going to be a horrendous disaster for the country, but even his worst critics must be a little impressed with how quickly Biden has made the U.S. the laughingstock of the world.
Published: Tuesday, February 7th, 2023 @ 10:35 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Florida first lady Casey DeSantis announced Thursday evening that within just a few hours of activating the Florida Disaster Fund that more than $10 million has been raised to support communities impacted by Hurricane Ian.
Published: Monday, October 3rd, 2022 @ 7:29 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Bombing has resumed near Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine amid the ongoing Russian invasion, prompting concerns of a nuclear disaster.
Published: Wednesday, August 24th, 2022 @ 2:13 pm
By: Daily Wire
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White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Thursday that the Biden Administration was preparing for contingencies in dealing with Iran’s nuclear program in case talks founder, which would be another foreign policy disaster for the administration.
Published: Friday, June 10th, 2022 @ 2:13 pm
By: Daily Wire
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N.C. State Auditor Beth Wood’s office recently issued an audit that shows millions of dollars of Hurricane Florence disaster recovery funds were distributed with limited monitoring and/or without ensuring all recipients had a method to measure the results.
Published: Monday, April 18th, 2022 @ 11:20 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Democrat President Joe Biden warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to launch cyberattacks against the United States as his war in Ukraine has turned into a political disaster back in Russia, and as Ukrainian forces have ground Putin’s military invasion to a bloody stalemate
Published: Tuesday, March 22nd, 2022 @ 10:57 pm
By: Daily Wire
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At the February Board meeting, the Golden LEAF Board of Directors awarded $1,080,800 in funding to support projects through the Open Grants Program and $562,678 in increased Disaster Recovery Grant Program funding.
Published: Thursday, February 10th, 2022 @ 10:36 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, the Golden LEAF Board of Directors awarded $1,080,800 in funding to support projects through the Open Grants Program and $562,678 in increased Disaster Recovery Grant Program funding.
Published: Friday, February 4th, 2022 @ 9:12 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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This week, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and a group of Senators introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Disaster Mitigation and Tax Parity Act, a bill that would make rebates that homeowners receive for making natural disaster mitigation improvements to their homes exempt from federal taxes.
Published: Thursday, August 12th, 2021 @ 8:47 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Recently, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced the Hazard Eligibility and Local Projects Act (HELP Act) and the Strategic Acquisition and Floodplain Efficiency Reform Act (SAFER Act), legislation to help communities recover from natural disasters.
Published: Thursday, June 17th, 2021 @ 2:51 am
By: Thom Tillis
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State assistance follows U.S. Small Business Administration approval of Governor’s request for disaster declaration
Published: Monday, August 24th, 2020 @ 6:10 pm
By: Governor's Office
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On Monday, August 17, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the Economic Improvement Council Inc. in Edenton, N.C. will receive $861,209 to assist the Head Start Natural Disasters Assistance program in response to damage caused by Hurricane Florence.
Published: Wednesday, August 19th, 2020 @ 12:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On April 30, 2020, FEMA announced North Carolina’s eligibility to apply for Crisis Counseling Program (CCP) disaster funds and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) acted quickly to submit an application that same day.
Published: Tuesday, May 5th, 2020 @ 10:34 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper announced today that the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) Office of Rural Health (ORH) has awarded 23 grants for disaster preparedness to health care providers affected by Hurricane Florence.
Published: Tuesday, November 19th, 2019 @ 6:00 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The House Appropriations Committee has passed a more than $250-million hurricane relief bill that places a greater emphasis on resilience and disaster mitigation.
Published: Saturday, November 2nd, 2019 @ 11:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday, Governor Cooper announced that the Small Business Administration (SBA) had granted the Governor’s request for a disaster declaration for Carteret, Dare, Hyde and New Hanover and 10 other counties.
Published: Monday, October 21st, 2019 @ 12:13 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Rep. Greg Murphy (NC-03) released the following statement in response to the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) disaster declaration for several North Carolina counties.
Published: Saturday, October 19th, 2019 @ 12:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On Monday, Governor Roy Cooper proclaimed October 6-12 Resiliency Week in front of a home damaged by recent hurricanes that is now undergoing renovation with federal Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funding.
Published: Wednesday, October 9th, 2019 @ 12:07 am
By: Governor's Office
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Today, President Trump approved Governor Cooper’s request for a major disaster declaration for Public Assistance for the following counties impacted by Hurricane Dorian: Brunswick, Carteret, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Hyde, Jones, New Hanover, Pamlico, Pender, Sampson, Tyrrell, and Washington.
Published: Friday, October 4th, 2019 @ 8:14 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The federal government has granted Governor Roy Cooper’s request for a federal disaster declaration for North Carolina in anticipation of Hurricane Dorian’s impact on the state.
Published: Wednesday, September 4th, 2019 @ 1:27 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is releasing $168 million Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds for mitigation to help North Carolina recover following years of natural disasters and flooding.
Published: Friday, August 2nd, 2019 @ 7:22 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Governor Roy Cooper announced that the U.S. Small Business Administration has granted his request for a disaster declaration for Mecklenburg County and Catawba County, and the contiguous counties of Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, and Union.
Published: Friday, June 28th, 2019 @ 8:59 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Today, President Trump signed disaster relief legislation into law, which will bring relief to North Carolina’s farmers, communities, and military installations.
Published: Saturday, June 8th, 2019 @ 12:18 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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In accordance with section 1204 of the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019 (H.R. 2157; the “Act”), I hereby designate as emergency requirements all funding (including the transfer of funds)
Published: Friday, June 7th, 2019 @ 9:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On Thursday, June 6, 2019, the President signed into law:
Published: Thursday, June 6th, 2019 @ 11:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Co-chairmen of the House Select Committee on Disaster Relief panned sluggish hurricane relief efforts by the Cooper administration. They want renewed oversight authority.
Published: Wednesday, June 5th, 2019 @ 3:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Yesterday, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Joe Manchin (D-WV), John Cornyn (R-TX), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Kamala Harris (D-CA) introduced the Bipartisan Disaster Recovery Funding Act.
Published: Friday, May 17th, 2019 @ 6:22 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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