Month: November 2018

Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter Flooding in Hurricane Florence (Photo: WTVD) RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s official death toll from Hurricane Florence is now 41, after a man whose home was damaged by two hurricanes in the past three years took his own life. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner added the 69-year-old Robeson County man to the Florence death count last week. He died Oct. 22, more than a month after…

Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter Ronald Robinson (Photo: Fayetteville Police Dept.) PENDER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — The man accused of stealing an elderly woman’s purse at a Hurricane Florence shelter back in September is now behind bars. Surf City Police arrested Ronald Robinson, 37, on Friday, after receiving a tip from Cumberland County Crimestoppers that Robinson was in the area. – Advertisement – Chief Ron Shanahan says they arrested Robinson in the 1800 block…

The massive mixed-use development along Water Street is blazing past its flooding during Hurricane Florence with big plans as it goes vertical WILMINGTON — Nearly 3 million gallons of water rushed into the River Place construction site on Water Street in September as the Cape Fear River crested in the days after Hurricane Florence. But nearly two months later, the setback hasn’t stopped the major mixed-use development from continuing its vertical movement. The major 13-story development, which suffered no damage…

The massive mixed-use development along Water Street is blazing past its flooding during Hurricane Florence with big plans as it goes vertical WILMINGTON — Nearly 3 million gallons of water rushed into the River Place construction site on Water Street in September as the Cape Fear River crested in the days after Hurricane Florence. But nearly two months later, the setback hasn’t stopped the major mixed-use development from continuing its vertical movement. The major 13-story development, which suffered no damage…

11/5/18– The Wilmington Fire Department is making moves to help repair damage caused by Hurricane Florence.The department’s headquarters on Market Street is closed–and administrators will work out of a site on Second Street.Also–Station 5 on Wellington Avenue will only be open during the day–and crews will sleep elsewhere at night.The repairs are expected to take six months.

Voting (Photo: MGN Online) WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) – Hurricane Florence may have occurred more than seven weeks ago, but damage from the powerful storm forced board of elections officials across the Cape Fear to scramble to find a number of new locations prior to Tuesday’s midterm election. Bladen CountyAccording to the Bladen County Board of Elections, the Bethel Precinct which used to meet in the former Lion’s Club Building in Dublin, NC, was damaged during…