The State of North Carolina and FEMA have approved more than $5.5 million to reimburse New Hanover County for costs related to Hurricane Florence.
Funds reimburse expenses to operate four emergency operations centers that supported response efforts in New Hanover County. The reimbursement also covers costs for five shelters that accommodated displaced hurricane survivors.
Costs for this project cover expenses from Sept. 7, 2018 through Sept. 29, 2018.
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WHAT: ABEL Leash Ceremony
WHEN: Thursday, Jan. 30, 1 p.m.
WHERE: Warren Correctional Institution Visitation Area
379 Collins Road
Manson, NC 27553
On Monday, January 27, at approximately 5:11 pm, a member of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol was involved in a shooting in Robeson County. During the course of a roadside safety inspection of a commercial motor vehicle, the trooper was approached from an uninvolved armed individual. The member discharged his firearm after his verbal commands toward the armed individual to stop were ignored.
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.