Conservatives head to TX to try to build the wall

Conservatives head to TX to try to build the wall

HOUSTON (AP) — What started as an online fundraiser to provide President Donald Trump with donations for his southern border wall has morphed into a foundation whose members vow to build a wall themselves. The “We The People Will Build the Wall” campaign has surpassed $20 million since it was created in December by Air Force veteran and triple amputee Brian Kolfage. The campaign has received almost 350,000 donations even as wall opponents derided the…

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How will bankrupt utility deal with wildfires from now on?

How will bankrupt utility deal with wildfires from now on?

Brian Melley, Associated Press Updated 3:39 pm CST, Thursday, January 31, 2019 FILE- In this Jan. 14, 2019, file photo the logo for Pacific Gas & Electric Co. appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. was not the first utility to declare bankruptcy, not even when it did so in 2001. But when the nation’s largest utility filed again for Chapter 11 protection this…

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Could Florence prompt another big insurance hike?

Could Florence prompt another big insurance hike?

Topsail Island Realtors told one could be coming — and soon PENDER COUNTY — Hurricane Florence. The wettest year on record. Periods of extreme cold and extreme heat in the same year. With severe weather events becoming more common across the country and in coastal North Carolina, the issue of climate change is poised to get a lot more personal for a lot more people, Adam Upchurch told about 100 or so attendees at the…

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Don’t punish ECU for canceling Hurricane Florence game, NC governor says

Don’t punish ECU for canceling Hurricane Florence game, NC governor says

Gov. Roy Cooper has waded into a dispute between East Carolina University and Virginia Tech over a football game that the North Carolina team canceled for safety reasons as Hurricane Florence approached the coast last September. After ECU backed out of the game in Blacksburg, Va., Virginia Tech canceled games that were scheduled to be played in Greenville later this year, in 2023 and in 2025. Efforts to reschedule last year’s missed game failed, the…

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Relief for wildfire, hurricane victims tied up in federal talks about the border wall

Relief for wildfire, hurricane victims tied up in federal talks about the border wall

Disaster recovery funds for victims of California’s wildfires and other natural disasters has emerged as a bargaining chip in the battle to build President Donald Trump’s border wall. Members of Congress formally launched negotiations Wednesday on a spending deal to keep the government from shutting down against on Feb. 15, a discussion that hinges on Trump’s demand for $5.7 billion to build a wall — “or Physical Barrier,” as he tweeted Wednesday — on the…

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Sheriff’s office: Scams target Florida hurricane survivors

Sheriff’s office: Scams target Florida hurricane survivors

Florida Panhandle authorities say scam artists are targeting Hurricane Michael survivors looking for rental homes. In a statement Wednesday, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office warned that several schemes are circulating in communities trying to recover from the October storm. The sheriff’s office says that because so many people are looking for rental homes due to the hurricane, many units are being falsely listed as available for rent. When potential renters try to move into those…

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'We Find A Way To Dance': Inspired By New Orleans, DAWN Reconstructs Beauty From Ruin

'We Find A Way To Dance': Inspired By New Orleans, DAWN Reconstructs Beauty From Ruin

DAWN is a survivor. You can hear it when she tells her story and you can hear it when she sings her songs. The singer-songwriter-producer, f.k.a. D∆WN or Dawn Richard, first rose to notoriety as a member of Diddy’s R&B group Danity Kane. The group dropped its debut album in August of 2006, one year after Hurricane Katrina hit DAWN’s hometown of New Orleans. She still remembers being stranded on a highway with her family…

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Troxler: Checks in mail for farmers hurt by Florence

Troxler: Checks in mail for farmers hurt by Florence

By Kasey Cunningham, WRAL reporter Raleigh, N.C. — The first payments to farmers from a $240 million fund state lawmakers set up last fall to help with Hurricane Florence recovery were issued Wednesday, Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler said. “This money is going to go directly into the hands of farmers,” Troxler said at a news conference. “It does not make farmers whole. The damage is so deep, and we think there’s about $1.2 billion in…

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Judge: PG&E put profits over wildfire safety

Judge: PG&E put profits over wildfire safety

A U.S. judge berated Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. on Wednesday, accusing the nation’s largest utility of enriching shareholders instead of clearing trees that can fall on its power lines and start fires and making “excuses” to avoid turning off electricity when fire risk is high. Judge William Alsup in San Francisco did not immediately order PG&E to take any of the dramatic measures he has proposed to try to stop more wildfires. But he…

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Chainsaw turns Hurricane Michael debris into work of art in Raleigh neighborhood

Chainsaw turns Hurricane Michael debris into work of art in Raleigh neighborhood

By Richard Adkins, WRAL Photojournalist Raleigh, N.C. — Jim White stares at the large tree trunk lying in his Raleigh front yard and thinks about how it got there. “Well, Michael came and our big oak fell,” White says. Michael, in this case, is Hurricane Michael, which hit the Triangle area in October of 2018. The tree fell across Carroll Drive near Five Points, blocking the entire street for three days. “It surprised the heck…

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Julius Peppers donates hundreds of dollars in gift cards to Fayetteville hurricane survivors

Julius Peppers donates hundreds of dollars in gift cards to Fayetteville hurricane survivors

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) — It’s no secret that Hurricane Florence survivors have been through a lot, but things are starting to get better for dozens of victims in Fayetteville thanks to Carolina Panther’s star Julius Peppers. “He’s been giving back in other areas but still knew that Cumberland County was the hardest hit,” said United Way of Cumberland CEO, Robert Hines. ABC11 was with Peppers back in October when he helped rebuild a Lumberton Police…

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With Better Climate Data, A Push To Use It To Prepare For Climate Impacts

In a cow pasture near Shawnee in central Oklahoma, Kirk Wilson parks his work truck, grabs a harness, and prepares for a 30-foot climb. “We’re changing the sensor at the top of the tower that measures the wind direction,” explains Wilson, a burly meteorological electronics technician with a big beard and a booming laugh. On the ground, another tech uses a GPS receiver to make sure the sensitive instrument is properly aligned before it’s tightened…

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Wrightsville Beach restaurant closed since Florence starts rehiring staff

Wrightsville Beach restaurant closed since Florence starts rehiring staff

Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NC (WWAY) — One beachfront restaurant in Wrighstville Beach took quite a hit by Hurricane Florence. After months of renovation, the Oceanic started its yearly staff interviews in hopes of being back open for the upcoming season. – Advertisement – Representatives from the restaurant say they are hoping to re-open even better than before. They say the restaurant had major roof damage due to the storm. Sky…

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Casinos in San Antonio? Texas lawmaker wants to legalize gambling for hurricane relief

Casinos in San Antonio? Texas lawmaker wants to legalize gambling for hurricane relief

Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle Published 12:28 pm CST, Wednesday, January 30, 2019 Texas state Rep. Joe Deshotel, D–Beaumont, filed a bill in December that would guarantee casino licenses in Harris, Galveston, Jefferson, Nueces and Bexar counties. See the 17 biggest issues of the 2019 Texas Legislature >>> less Texas state Rep. Joe Deshotel, D–Beaumont, filed a bill in December that would guarantee casino licenses in Harris, Galveston, Jefferson, Nueces and Bexar counties. See the 17 biggest issues…

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Casinos in Houston? Texas lawmaker wants to legalize gambling for hurricane relief

Casinos in Houston? Texas lawmaker wants to legalize gambling for hurricane relief

Texas state Rep. Joe Deshotel, D–Beaumont, filed a bill in December that would guarantee casino licenses in Harris, Galveston, Jefferson, Nueces and Bexar counties. See the 17 biggest issues of the 2019 Texas Legislature >>> less Texas state Rep. Joe Deshotel, D–Beaumont, filed a bill in December that would guarantee casino licenses in Harris, Galveston, Jefferson, Nueces and Bexar counties. See the 17 biggest issues of the 2019 … more Photo: MICHAEL P. FARRELL, DG Photo: MICHAEL…

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