The N.C. Housing Opportunities and Prevention of Evictions (HOPE) Program has distributed more than $342 million in rent and utility payment to 96,944 North Carolina households since opening last fall. The HOPE Program now ranks #2 in the nation for number of households served and North Carolina ranks #6 for spending of federal Emergency Rental Assistance…… read more »
Category Archives: State News
HOPE Program Tops $342M In Rent & Utility Payments For N.C. Families
North Carolina News – August 27
DOG PARK-HUMAN BONE Police: ‘Historical’ human bone found at NC dog park ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (AP) — Police in Eastern North Carolina are investigating after a “historical” human bone was found at a dog park. News outlets report that the Rocky Mount Police Department said the bone was found Wednesday at the Best Friend’s Dog…… read more »
Booze It & Lose It Aims To Reduce Driving Impairment Among Minority Communities
State and local officials are targeting minority college students with their latest version of the anti-drunk driving campaign, Booze It & Lose It. Today, members of the N.C. Governor’s Highway Safety Program partnered with Winston-Salem State University on the historically Black university’s campus to launch the 2021 Labor Day Booze It and Lose It campaign.…… read more »
North Carolina News – August 26
VIRUS OUTBREAK-TEACHER SENT HOME North Carolina teacher sent home for refusing to wear mask SMITHFIELD, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina high school teacher has been sent home for refusing to wear a mask as required by her school district. The News & Observer of Raleigh reports Aurora Preston, who teaches at South Johnston High…… read more »
North Carolina News – August 25
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS-CAMP LEJEUNE 2 plead guilty to taking 3 in US illegally to Marine base WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A federal prosecutor says a husband and wife from North Carolina have pleaded guilty to transporting people living in the country illegally onto a U.S. Marine base by boat. Acting U.S. Attorney G. Norman Acker III…… read more »
NCDOT: Over 9 Million Pounds of Roadside Litter Collected This Year
The N.C. Department of Transportation’s crews, contractors and volunteers have collected more than 9 million pounds of litter from roadsides and are on pace to exceed the state’s record for litter collection set in 2019. “In North Carolina, we take great pride in our natural resources, but we all have to be vigilant to…… read more »
North Carolina News – August 24
FATAL SHOOTING-TEENAGER CHARGED Teenager charged in shooting death of North Carolina woman WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Police in North Carolina have charged a 15-year-old in the shooting death of a woman. News outlets report Winston-Salem police responded to a call about the shooting north of downtown at 4:25 a.m. Sunday. According to police, two groups…… read more »
North Carolina News – August 23
TROPICAL WEATHER-FRED Officials: 5th person found dead after N. Carolina flooding CRUSO, N.C. (AP) — Officials have found a fifth person dead after flooding in western North Carolina. Haywood County Emergency Services announced in a Facebook post that they found the fifth victim, Frank Lauer Sr., 74, of Cruso on Sunday. It was the fifth…… read more »
North Carolina News – August 20
TROPICAL WEATHER-NORTH CAROLINA-BEACHES National Weather Service warns of rip currents from Henri WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — The National Weather Service is warning residents and beachgoers on the North Carolina coast of rip currents and rough surf associated with Tropical Storm Henri. Meteorologist Steven Pfaff of the weather service’s Wilmington office says swells from Henri are…… read more »
North Carolina News – August 19
VIRUS OUTBREAK-GOVERNMENT CENTER Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center closes to public CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center is closing to the public because of a surge in COVID-19 cases in Mecklenburg County. The city issued a statement saying the center would be closed to the public beginning on Thursday. According to the statement, the closure…… read more »
