RALEIGH: Last week, Governor Roy Cooper and governors from 10 states sent a letter urging Congress to quickly enact an increase in the supplemental appropriation for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP).
Published: Thursday, January 25th, 2024 @ 12:28 am
By: Governor's Office
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RALEIGH: As children across North Carolina eagerly await Christmas Eve tonight, North Carolina Emergency Management (NCEM) officials briefed Gov. Cooper on state preparations to monitor Santa’s progress and offer any assistance necessary as he delivers presents to homes across the world.
Published: Tuesday, December 26th, 2023 @ 8:28 am
By: Governor's Office
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RALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Emergency Management are encouraging North Carolinians across eastern and central portions of the state to be prepared for tropical weather over the next couple of days.
Published: Thursday, October 26th, 2023 @ 5:30 pm
By: Governor's Office
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RALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper and Emergency Management officials are encouraging all North Carolinians to be prepared for the possibility of heavy rains, gusty winds, and coastal flooding this weekend.
Published: Friday, June 16th, 2023 @ 2:38 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The latest update from the National Weather Service (NWS) can be found in the email below and attached briefing. Notable changes to the forecast for Beaufort County
Published: Saturday, January 22nd, 2022 @ 12:03 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The latest update from the National Weather Service (NWS) can be found in the email below and attached briefing. Notable changes to the forecast for Beaufort County
Published: Friday, January 21st, 2022 @ 11:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Please take a moment to review the message below from North Carolina Emergency Management and attachment from FEMA as you prepared for our approaching winter weather.
Published: Thursday, January 20th, 2022 @ 7:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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At the John Locke Foundation we have been highly critical of Gov. Roy Cooper’s handling of the Covid-19 crisis ever since he issued his first lockdown order in March of 2020
Published: Saturday, January 1st, 2022 @ 3:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A couple of weeks after announcing his retirement from Gov. Roy Cooper’s Cabinet, Erik Hooks is in line for a top federal emergency management post.
Published: Wednesday, August 4th, 2021 @ 9:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The governor has leveraged the language of the N.C. Emergency Management Act to indefinitely and unilaterally issue majorly disruptive edicts.
Published: Tuesday, July 6th, 2021 @ 11:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As Colonial Pipeline Resumes Operations, Efforts Continue To Increase Gas Distribution Across North Carolina
Published: Monday, May 24th, 2021 @ 6:40 am
By: Governor's Office
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A Greenville bar owner’s lawsuit challenging the state Emergency Management Act is heading to a three-judge panel.
Published: Tuesday, March 30th, 2021 @ 1:21 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Looking into January, state legislative sessions will begin across the nation. For many states, a critical focus point will be on the emergency powers those states’ governments have exercised in the wake of COVID-19.
Published: Sunday, January 24th, 2021 @ 8:20 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, President Donald J. Trump declared that an emergency exists in the District of Columbia and ordered Federal assistance to supplement the District's response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from the 59th Presidential Inauguration from January 11 to January 24, 2021.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2021 @ 10:50 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gov. Roy Cooper won a second term. But he had no coattails.
Published: Monday, January 4th, 2021 @ 1:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Bar owners from six counties across North Carolina are going to court to challenge the governor’s executive orders shutting down their businesses.
Published: Saturday, January 2nd, 2021 @ 6:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper has taken long-term control of the movements and actions of more than 10 million North Carolinians through the state’s Emergency Management Act.
Published: Friday, December 18th, 2020 @ 6:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, President Donald J. Trump declared that an emergency exists in the State of Mississippi and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State, tribal, and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from Hurricane Zeta beginning on October 27, 2020, and continuing.
Published: Friday, October 30th, 2020 @ 2:34 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, President Donald J. Trump declared that an emergency exists in the State of Louisiana and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State, tribal, and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from Tropical Storm Zeta beginning on October 26, 2020, and continuing.
Published: Thursday, October 29th, 2020 @ 4:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced a new, expedited reimbursement program
Published: Tuesday, August 11th, 2020 @ 5:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, I notified Governor Cooper that, as a member of the Council of State, I will be suing his administration for violating the Emergency Management Act.
Published: Friday, June 26th, 2020 @ 3:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Several years ago, North Carolina Emergency Management began work to develop evacuation zones for 20 coastal North Carolina counties.
Published: Wednesday, June 17th, 2020 @ 1:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper will visit affected coastal areas again today and has directed North Carolina Emergency Management (NCEM) to continue efforts with state and local partners, including non-profits, to deliver recovery aid to North Carolinians in need.
Published: Wednesday, September 11th, 2019 @ 8:36 am
By: Governor's Office
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It was a small decision compared to Beaufort County's spending on the on the order of 69 million dollars per year.
Published: Saturday, July 27th, 2019 @ 10:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, President Donald J. Trump declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Nebraska and ordered Federal aid to supplement State, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by a severe winter storm, straight-line winds, and flooding beginning on March 9, 2019, and continuing
Published: Thursday, March 21st, 2019 @ 4:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, President Donald J. Trump declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Alabama and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes on March 3, 2019.
Published: Monday, March 11th, 2019 @ 3:34 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolinians must act now to participate in a special program to provide rapid repairs to homes damaged by Hurricane Florence, Governor Roy Cooper urged today.
Published: Monday, February 4th, 2019 @ 1:41 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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To the incredible citizens of North Carolina, South Carolina and the entire East Coast ... We have already begun mobilizing our assets to respond accordingly, and we are here for you!
Published: Friday, September 14th, 2018 @ 3:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Lawmakers remain frustrated over the slow pace of disaster relief after Hurricane Matthew devastated southeastern parts of the state more than 1.5 years ago
Published: Thursday, May 3rd, 2018 @ 2:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Nick Burk, assistant director of the N.C. Emergency Management Division's Resiliency Section, faced a barrage of questions from representatives frustrated over the slow rollout of disaster relief for Hurricane Matthew
Published: Thursday, April 19th, 2018 @ 5:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Peter Vincent Pry - executive director of the task force on National and Homeland Security - is on a mission to educate people about the dangers of an electromagnetic pulse attack
Published: Thursday, March 8th, 2018 @ 8:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, President Donald J. Trump declared that an emergency exists in the State of California and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State, tribal, and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from wildfires beginning on December 4, 2017, and continuing.
Published: Saturday, December 9th, 2017 @ 3:04 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina is sending more help to Puerto Rico as the island continues to recover and rebuild from devastation caused after Hurricane Maria struck September 20
Published: Friday, October 13th, 2017 @ 11:56 am
By: Governor's Office
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As Hurricane Nate made landfall on the Gulf Coast and moved northward through western North Carolina as a Tropical Depression, many counties, including Ashe, Burke and Caldwell counties, saw damaging effects
Published: Thursday, October 12th, 2017 @ 9:39 am
By: Governor's Office
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