WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: At the Direction of President Biden, FEMA Administrator to Travel to Florida to Survey Impacts Hurricane Helene is a massive, dangerous storm and FEMA is prepared for anticipated multi-state impacts. In advance of Hurricane Helene's landfall in Florida, the Biden-Harris Administration approved pre-landfall emergency declarations for Florida, Georgia and North   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey South Atlantic Water Science Center issued the following report (No. 2024-5053) on July 8, 2024, entitled "Assessment of Nutrient Load Estimation Approaches for Small Urban Streams in Durham, North Carolina". The report was written by Stephen L. Harden, Celeste A. Journey and Alexandra B. Etheridge. * * * This cooperative study between the City of Durham Public Works Department, Stormwater Division and U.S.   more

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, Sept. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2024: Douglas Aaron Holcomb, 48, of Asheville, was sentenced today to 151 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for trafficking methamphetamine, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. This sentence runs consecutive to an additional 24 months in prison Holcomb was sentenc  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Sept. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2024: Aljihad Shabazz, 45, of Kernersville, N.C., was sentenced today to 52 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for his role in a scheme that defrauded the North Carolina Medicaid Program (Medicaid) of more than $4.7 million, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In ad  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The White House issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2024: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that an emergency exists in the State of North Carolina and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State, tribal, and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from Hurricane Helene beginning on September 25, 2024, and continuing. The President's action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Ag  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of North Carolina to supplement response efforts due to emergency conditions resulting from Hurricane Helene beginning Sept. 24 and continuing. The President's action authorizes FEMA to coordinate all disaster relief efforts to alleviate the hardship and suffering caused by the em  more