Press Releases

The Juvenile Jurisdiction Advisory Committee (JJAC) will meet on Thursday, Nov. 8. Created as part of the Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act within S.L.

 Who:     ReBuild North Carolina, North Carolina’s Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery Program for Hurricane Matthew

The ReBuild North Carolina Program will host a series of outreach events over the coming months to assist homeowners who sustained damage from Hurricane Matthew complete their program application for recovery aid.

Disaster survivors can get tips and advice on how to rebuild stronger against storm damage at the Lowe’s home improvement store in Cape Carteret starting Nov. 5.

The disaster recovery center in Columbus County is moving to a new location at 9 a.m., Monday, Nov. 5.


The new location is:


Columbus County Community Farmers Market
132 Government Complex Road
Whiteville, N.C. 28472

Inmate Brandon Lineberger (#1040661) died Friday morning at Pasquotank Correctional Institution after an apparent suicide. He was found unresponsive in his cell Thursday night at approximately 11:24 p.m.

Five State/FEMA disaster recovery centers in North Carolina will close temporarily due to voting activities.

The affected recovery centers will close temporarily and re-open as follows:

The deadline for North Carolinians to register for disaster assistance has been extended 30 days to 11:59 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. FEMA granted the extension at the request of Gov.

At the request of the State of North Carolina, FEMA will provide temporary housing units to households displaced by Hurricane Florence in three additional counties: Bladen, Lenoir and Pamlico.

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.