WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell continued meeting with survivors and responders in North Carolina while leading the federal recovery efforts. FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell joined Gov. Roy Cooper to visit a community care station in Asheville where the administrator announced the community liaison hiring program in the state. The agency will hire communi  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina issued the following news release: New Bern resident Anthony Lynch, 35, pled guilty to charges that he defrauded a program designed to help struggling North Carolina residents stay in their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. "Mr. Lynch exploited a taxpayer-funded program meant to support struggling families and individuals trying to stay in their homes during an unprecedented global   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina issued the following news release: United States Attorney Michael F. Easley, Jr., is announcing federal charges against two men arising from the murders of five people in a Sampson County house in October 2023. The indictment alleges that the two are responsible for the murders. In a superseding indictment returned on August 27, 2024, a federal grand jury charged Robert Andrew Daquan   more