Press Releases
Authorities have identified the state trooper and suspect involved in Monday afternoon’s shooting in Robeson County. During the course of a roadside safety inspection of a commercial motor vehicle, a trooper was approached by an uninvolved armed individual. The individual, who was armed with a knife, advanced towards the member who then discharged his firearm after verbal commands were ignored.
The involved individual, identified as Mr. Justin Lee Workman, 29, of Wilmington, was injured as a result of the incident.
The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Stephen Jacobs as the new warden of the Lumberton Correctional Institution in Lumberton.
Jacobs, 52, had been the warden at the Columbus Correctional Institution in Whiteville since 2018.
FEMA and the State of North Carolina are announcing more than $32.7 million to reimburse the City of New Bern for Hurricane Florence-related expenses.
FEMA previously approved more than $7 million to the city for expenses related to the 2018 hurricane. This funding brings the total to more than $39.8 million.
As the state observes Human Trafficking Awareness Month this January, ALE congratulates Special Agent and Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Task Force Officer (TFO) Bryan Irwin on his selection as the 2019 recipient of HSI’s Outstanding Efforts in Combating Human Trafficking Award.
The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Amanda Cobb as the new warden of the Orange Correctional Center in Hillsborough.
Cobb had been the warden at the Dan River Prison Work Farm in Blanch since 2018.
The State of North Carolina and FEMA are announcing an additional $2.9 million to reimburse expenses to restore hurricane- and tropical storm-related beach damage.
The funds include reimbursing the replacement of beach sand in the Village of Bald Head Island. Hurricane Florence’s storm surge damaged the coastal community’s beach and eroded sand.
Bald Head Island will replenish its beach with more than 215,000 cubic yards of sand.
The State of North Carolina and FEMA have approved an additional $1.7 million to reimburse the City of Lumberton for debris removal costs following Hurricane Florence. The approval brings the total to more than $4.4 million to reimburse the city for Hurricane Florence-related expenses.
More than 15,500 cubic yards of hurricane-related vegetative debris—enough to fill more than 80 train boxcars—was collected in Lumberton. Additionally, more than 47 tons of construction and demolition debris was collected.
The State of North Carolina and FEMA are announcing more than $1.6 million to reimburse expenses to repair a Cumberland County landfill damaged during Hurricane Florence.
Reimbursements include dredging and reconstructing the Fayetteville landfill’s borrow pit following hurricane-related flood damage. The borrow pit provides earthen materials for the landfill and is essential for the county’s waste management operations.
FEMA has approved more than $5 million in Hurricane Florence-related expenses to Cumberland County.
On Thursday, it was announced that the US Army Corps of Engineers will allocate $39.6 million for the design and construction of a levee in Princeville, as the historic community continues to recover from unprecedented flooding during recent hurricanes. Governor Cooper requested the funding commitment in July 2019, emphasizing that the levee in Princeville is a top priority as the state continues to recover from Hurricanes Matthew and Florence.
Governor Roy Cooper today shared a list of state government support resources for military servicemembers and their families as thousands of troops from Fort Bragg and Camp Lejeune are deployed and redeployed in light of ongoing events in the Middle East.