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Officials with the Governor’s Recovery Office for Western North Carolina (GROWNC) provided an update on Dec. 15 on ongoing recovery efforts, reporting on housing programs, hazard mitigation, and state road conditions more than a year after Hurricane Helene swept through western North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, December 28th, 2025 @ 1:57 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina lawmakers have approved another substantial round of aid for western North Carolina communities still grappling with the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, pushing total disaster relief funding above $2 billion.
Published: Saturday, June 28th, 2025 @ 5:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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It was a case of rinse and repeat for North Carolina lawmakers as they heard much of the same testimony from North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency (NCORR) officials on efforts to help those who lost homes due to Hurricanes Matthew and Florence.
Published: Wednesday, April 19th, 2023 @ 8:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Albemarle Eye Center is preparing for Operation Sight, which will take place during National Sight Week, from October 9th through October 15th.
Published: Sunday, August 28th, 2022 @ 10:08 am
By: Leslie Forehand
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Ineffective groups tend to be top-down driven. The officers don't change very often, and when they do, they're often just swapping chairs. They say they want help, but their clique is tight, and if anyone new manages to get in, they tend to be picked on and complained about.
Published: Saturday, July 16th, 2022 @ 7:36 pm
By: Raynor James
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For more than 20 years the Gallup organization has polled Americans on 29 aspects of life, asking if respondents are very happy, pretty happy or not too happy.
Published: Thursday, February 24th, 2022 @ 9:59 am
By: Tom Campbell
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North Carolinians Encouraged to Volunteer in Local Communities or Virtually
Published: Saturday, April 17th, 2021 @ 9:21 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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Governor Roy Cooper today sent an additional request to President Trump for federal assistance to North Carolina residents who are hurting from Hurricane Dorian.
Published: Monday, September 23rd, 2019 @ 10:49 am
By: Governor's Office
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Individuals who need trees or debris removed, tarps and/or mucking and cleaning of homes should FIRST take pictures of what they need and then call the toll free number for FREE assistance.
Published: Saturday, September 14th, 2019 @ 3:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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U.S. Senator Thom Tillis was flanked by N.C. House Speaker Moore, N.C. Senator Berger, and other eastern North Carolina Republican leaders as they highlighted the unacceptable pace at which Governor Cooper has allocated disaster relief for North Carolinians
Published: Wednesday, August 28th, 2019 @ 6:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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More families will soon be able to return home while they work to rebuild from Hurricane Florence thanks to an extension of a program to provide partial housing repairs, Governor Roy Cooper announced today.
Published: Thursday, May 2nd, 2019 @ 5:00 am
By: Governor's Office
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Volunteers are continuing to help North Carolinians recover from Hurricane Florence, more than six months after the storm struck the state, damaging homes, schools, businesses, farms and entire communities.
Published: Tuesday, April 16th, 2019 @ 11:29 am
By: Governor's Office
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The Sheltering and Temporary Essential Power (STEP) program is concluding this week after completing partial repairs to the homes of 2,183 Hurricane Florence survivors in 12 counties.
Published: Monday, April 8th, 2019 @ 3:03 pm
By: Governor's Office
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There is a disabling disease going around; epidemiologists believe it hit sometime in the fall of 2016.
Published: Thursday, January 17th, 2019 @ 11:31 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Mr. President and First Lady, we are honored to have you both here in Georgia, and you're going to get a pretty good view, I think, of what the damage and the assessments that have taken place in our state.
Published: Thursday, October 18th, 2018 @ 7:14 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, officials with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services are encouraging nurses, physicians, behavioral health professionals and others interested in volunteering to help people impacted by the storm to get connected with the appropriate resou
Published: Wednesday, September 19th, 2018 @ 5:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Even when July 4th falls in the middle of a week you can count on fireworks displays, flags hanging, neighbors gathering for cookouts, watermelons being sliced and just maybe you might find someone cranking homemade ice cream
Published: Thursday, July 5th, 2018 @ 10:49 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Vice President Mike Pence on tax reform impact
Published: Thursday, February 1st, 2018 @ 5:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Governor Cooper announced that residents of Cumberland, Edgecombe, Robeson and Wayne counties can now call 2-1-1 to schedule an appointment at a Hurricane Matthew Housing Application Center
Published: Wednesday, December 20th, 2017 @ 1:17 am
By: Governor's Office
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The First Lady and I are pleased to welcome Gail McGovern of the American Red Cross, David Hudson of the Salvation Army, and Kevin Ezell of Southern Baptist Disaster Relief.
Published: Saturday, September 2nd, 2017 @ 11:50 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper today met with Robeson County leaders to urge progress in programs that help families and communities recover from Hurricane Matthew.
Published: Sunday, April 16th, 2017 @ 8:52 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper today announced that North Carolina has been awarded a $4.5 million federal grant to help Hurricane Matthew survivors with their long-term recovery needs
Published: Thursday, January 19th, 2017 @ 2:30 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Dorothy was born April 11, 1930 in Salem, Oregon to Hilda Heyden and Nick Caspar, their second of five children.
Published: Friday, October 2nd, 2015 @ 2:20 pm
By: Announcements
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We tend to think bad or unusual or unbelievable things are happening some place else in the world and we are safe in our private corner. Was all that crazy business about Mayor Bloomberg regulating burgers and soft drinks some reporter trying to make news?
Published: Monday, August 20th, 2012 @ 9:30 am
By: Hood Richardson
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