Month: October 2018

Hurricane Florence disrupted political campaigns in Eastern North Carolina, and experts say the effects of the storm could boost legislative incumbents. The hardest-hit counties are home to seven of the state’s most competitive legislative districts — nearly all of which have Republican incumbents. As the storm headed for North Carolina’s coast, candidates halted their campaign work. Fundraisers and candidate forums were canceled, and most candidates used their social media platforms to share emergency information. Sen….

Due to the threat of heavy rains from Hurricane Willa, Triangle high school football games will be spread out over the course of three days this week, starting Thursday night. Willa, a Category Four hurricane approaching the Gulf of Mexico, is expected to drop up to two inches of rain on the Triangle Friday through Saturday morning. Nine games were rescheduled for Thursday night, including a consequential South Wake conference matchup at Middle Creek. Ten…

CHIPLEY, Fla. — The Latest on three utility workers being hit by a truck (all times local): The latest as of 2:05 p.m. A third utility company linemen has died after a pickup truck pulling a U-Haul trailer hit them while they were repairing lines damaged by Hurricane Michael in Florida’s Panhandle. The Florida Highway Patrol says the crash happened Wednesday evening near Chipley, which is north of Panama City. One of the three workers…

Britt’s TV ad focuses on his relief efforts after Florence Oct 25, 2018 A TV ad from Sen. Danny Britt, a Robeson County Republican, shows him riding a boat through flooded neighborhoods after Hurricane Florence swamped many parts of Eastern North Carolina. By

CHIPLEY, Fla. — A man faces several charges including DUI manslaughter after the Florida Highway Patrol says his pickup truck struck three utility workers Wednesday evening as they were repairing lines damaged by Hurricane Michael in the Florida Panhandle. Two of the workers — George Cecil, 52, of Colerain, North Carolina, and James Ussery of Chipley, Florida — died in the crash. A third man, Ryan Barrett, 22, of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, was critically…

CHIPLEY, Fla. — A man faces several charges including DUI manslaughter after the Florida Highway Patrol says his pickup truck struck three utility workers Wednesday evening as they were repairing lines damaged by Hurricane Michael in the Florida Panhandle. Two of the workers — George Cecil, 52, of Colerain, North Carolina, and James Ussery of Chipley, Florida — died in the crash. A third man, Ryan Barrett, 22, of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, was critically…

Hurricane Willa came ashore in Mexico as a Category 3 storm with sustained winds of up to 120 mph Tuesday night, the Associated Press reports. Towns along the Mexican coast were cut off and officials are still working to figure out the extent of the damage from Willa, according to the Weather Channel. But now the storm’s remnants are headed north and are expected to bring rain, wind and some coastal flooding to the Carolinas…

CHIPLEY, Fla. — Two utility company linemen are dead and a third is critically injured after a pickup truck pulling a U-Haul trailer hit them while they were repairing lines damaged by Hurricane Michael in Florida’s Panhandle. Related: Hurricane Michael leaves destruction in its wake in the Southeast The Florida Highway Patrol said in a news release the crash happened Wednesday evening near Chipley, which is north of Panama City. Sgt. R.C. Livingston says the…

The federal Small Business Administration wants businesses and nonprofits that may be struggling because of lost income from Hurricane Florence to consider applying for low-interest loans even if they aren’t in a disaster-declared county. The SBA can make “economic injury” loans to businesses and nonprofits in 18 counties that are contiguous to any of the 31 North Carolina counties declared disaster areas so far. Wake County was not in the disaster declaration, but because it’s…