Press Releases

If you are a North Carolina homeowner, renter or business owner who sustained property damage or loss caused by Hurricane Florence you have two weeks left to register and apply for federal disaster assistance.

Disaster survivors can get tips and advice on how to rebuild stronger against storm damage at the Pamlico Home Builders and Supply in Bayboro starting Nov. 1.

North Carolina’s Federal Disaster declaration has been amended to include FEMA Individual Assistance (IA) for three additional counties: Chatham, Durham and Guilford.

The disaster recovery center in Newport, Carteret County, will close permanently at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2. The recovery center in Beaufort remains open. The center that is closing is located at:

RALEIGH, N.C. – As recovery from Hurricane Florence continues across North Carolina, the disaster recovery center in Lenoir County will close permanently at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31. However, help is just a phone call or mouse click away. The Lenoir center is located at:

State/FEMA disaster recovery centers will close one hour earlier, at 6 p.m., starting Monday, Oct. 29. The centers will operate from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Days of operation are unchanged.   

Disaster survivors can get tips and advice on how to rebuild stronger against storm damage at Sound Ace Hardware in Emerald Isle starting Oct. 30.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Barney Owens as the new superintendent at Pamlico Correctional Institution in Bayboro.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Bruce Hodges the new director of the Robeson Confinement in Response to Violation (CRV) Center in Lumberton.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Jeffery Daniels as the new superintendent at Wilkes Correctional Center in North Wilkesboro.

Residents and business owners in Chatham, Durham and Guilford counties may now apply for disaster assistance for uninsured and underinsured damage and losses resulting from Hurricane Florence.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named William Glick as the new superintendent at Davidson Correctional Center in Lexington, a facility he once worked at as an assistant superintendent.

As required by law, FEMA has issued a public notice of its intent to take into account the impact of federal laws concerning historic preservation and civil rights on the federal assistance and grant opportunities it provides through its Public Assistance, Individual Assistance, and Hazard Mitiga

Five more North Carolina counties affected by Hurricane Florence are now eligible to apply for federal assistance to help pay for the cost of debris removal, emergency protective measures and permanent repair work to damaged infrastructure.

The driver sought in a hit-and-run collision that occurred in Vance County was located by investigators Monday, October 22, after an intensive search.