/tags/hurricane-matthew Hurricane Matthew en-US Copyright Fri, 08 Nov 2024 13:01:29 GMT /politics/2024-11-08/after-years-of-delays-ncs-hurricane-housing-program-could-run-out-of-money More than 1,500 homeowners are still waiting for help from a state program to repair or rebuild houses damaged in hurricanes Matthew and Florence. The program says it could soon run out of money if more funding isn’t allocated. Fri, 08 Nov 2024 13:01:29 GMT /politics/2024-11-08/after-years-of-delays-ncs-hurricane-housing-program-could-run-out-of-money Colin Campbell /politics/2023-05-15/thousands-north-carolina-hurricane-victims-waiting-help-home A program is funded by federal dollars and housed in Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration has finished only 1,163 projects so far, even though it's been nearly five years since Hurricane Florence. Mon, 15 May 2023 10:58:00 GMT /politics/2023-05-15/thousands-north-carolina-hurricane-victims-waiting-help-home Colin Campbell /environment/2022-12-14/lawmaker-calls-for-removal-of-nc-hurricane-recovery-director North Carolina lawmakers rebuked on Wednesday the state's disaster recovery director — with one calling for her removal — for the agency's slow progress amid years-long delays that have left some low-income homeowners in temporary lodging for up to six years after hurricanes Matthew and Florence displaced them. Wed, 14 Dec 2022 23:24:03 GMT /environment/2022-12-14/lawmaker-calls-for-removal-of-nc-hurricane-recovery-director Associated Press /environment/2022-09-15/lawmakers-hurricane-recovery-program-matthew-florence Hundreds of families are still displaced from their homes years after Hurricanes Matthew and Florence. Some families have been living in hotels for years waiting for repairs to start. Thu, 15 Sep 2022 14:55:49 GMT /environment/2022-09-15/lawmakers-hurricane-recovery-program-matthew-florence Celeste Gracia /politics/2020-10-30/will-candidates-care-about-robeson-county-next-year South of Fayetteville along I-95 is North Carolina’s outlier county. It is one of the most diverse and poorest of the hundred. But, like the state as a… Fri, 30 Oct 2020 16:03:55 GMT /politics/2020-10-30/will-candidates-care-about-robeson-county-next-year Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2020-10-30/will-candidates-care-about-robeson-county-next-year South of Fayetteville along I-95 is North Carolina’s outlier county. It is one of the most diverse and poorest of the hundred. But, like the state as a… Fri, 30 Oct 2020 16:03:55 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-10-30/will-candidates-care-about-robeson-county-next-year Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /politics/2020-06-12/meet-ncs-mayors-bobbie-jones-of-princeville When Hurricane Matthew flooded his hometown in 2016, Mayor Bobbie Jones understood the magnitude of the decisions ahead. As the National Guard drained the… Fri, 12 Jun 2020 17:08:35 GMT /politics/2020-06-12/meet-ncs-mayors-bobbie-jones-of-princeville Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2020-06-12/meet-ncs-mayors-bobbie-jones-of-princeville When Hurricane Matthew flooded his hometown in 2016, Mayor Bobbie Jones understood the magnitude of the decisions ahead. As the National Guard drained the… Fri, 12 Jun 2020 17:08:35 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-06-12/meet-ncs-mayors-bobbie-jones-of-princeville Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /news/2020-01-10/nc-town-founded-by-freed-slaves-gets-levee-help The U.S . Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to spend $39.6 million to help preserve an eastern North Carolina town founded by freed slaves that's been… Fri, 10 Jan 2020 18:07:16 GMT /news/2020-01-10/nc-town-founded-by-freed-slaves-gets-levee-help Associated Press /politics/2019-11-18/north-carolina-dot-disaster-relief-bills-signed-by-gov-cooper Gov. Roy Cooper has signed into law bills designed to help his cash-strapped Department of Transportation and the continued recovery from hurricanes… Mon, 18 Nov 2019 19:59:58 GMT /politics/2019-11-18/north-carolina-dot-disaster-relief-bills-signed-by-gov-cooper Associated Press