WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: At the direction of the Biden-Harris Administration, through the Department of Defense and in coordination with FEMA, 400 active-duty service members are now in western North Carolina communities to speed the delivery of life-saving resources to residents after Tropical Storm Helene. In support of the state and North Carolina National Guard, these mobilized Tit  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the immediate availability of $100 million in Emergency Relief funds for the North Carolina Department of Transportation to help pay for the costs of immediate emergency work resulting from Hurricane Helene flood damage. "Working in close coordination with North Carolina, we are providing this initial round  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: Throughout the Southeast, FEMA has already helped thousands of Hurricane Helene survivors jumpstart their recoveries with more than $45 million in flexible, upfront funding. President Biden approved Major Disaster Declarations for Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia for Hurricane Helene. Individuals and households who have d  more

NEW BERN, North Carolina, Oct. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina issued the following news release: A Fayetteville man was sentenced to 327 months in prison for armed drug trafficking and illegal firearm possession. Nathan Omar Frink, aka "Ray Nate," age 41, pled guilty to the charges on September 13, 2023. According to court documents and other information presented in court, on May 31, 2022, officers with the Fayetteville Police Department (FPD)   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- President Biden issued the following letter to Congress on Oct. 4, 2024, on disaster needs: * * * Dear Speaker Johnson and Leaders Schumer, McConnell, and Jeffries, I write to you regarding the needs of the Nation. As communities across the Southeast devastated by Hurricane Helene assess the extent of the damage, they are expecting their Federal Government to stand behind them in their most urgent time of need. I have seen firsthand the devastation that Hurricane Helene   more