florence

Audit critical of checks on $112M in Florence funds

December 19, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A new audit report has found issues with the distribution of $112 million in Hurricane Florence funds. The North Carolina Office of the State Auditor’s (OSA) new audit on the North Carolina Department […]

Restorers uncover new details in a Michelangelo Pieta

September 20, 2020 The Associated Press

ROME — A restoration of one of Michelangelo’s sculptures of the Madonna and Christ has uncovered previously unknown details, including the artist’s tool marks, that had been hidden under centuries of dust and wax. Florence’s […]

$400M in Florence relief signed into law

October 17, 2018 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — On Tuesday, Governor Roy Cooper signed the multi-million spending package passed by the legislature earlier this week. The aid brings the total amount the legislature has allocated to $850 million since Florence made […]

Special session passes bipartisan hurricane recovery plan

October 3, 2018 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — Both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly returned to Raleigh on Tuesday for a special session to address issues in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. The two bills had support from both […]

Missed deadlines cost millions in potential disaster aid

October 3, 2018 North State Journal Staff

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — As the floodwaters recede and the recovery begins, communities swamped by Hurricane Florence soon will be on the clock to document the billions of dollars in damage it caused if they […]

NC farmers could take billions in losses from Florence

September 26, 2018 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH, N.C. — The damage to North Carolina’s agriculture industry from Hurricane Florence could reach well into the billions of dollars. “I think it’s easily going to be in the billions of dollars,” N.C. Agriculture […]

Soggy South Carolina to get more rain as flooding continues

September 26, 2018 North State Journal Staff

YAUHANNAH, S.C.— The soggy remnants of Florence keep causing chaos in coastal South Carolina long after the hurricane swirled ashore, with rivers still flowing far beyond their banks and a new storm gathering more rain […]

N.C. military bases brace for Florence

September 12, 2018 admin

RICHMOND, Va. — The Navy is moving people and ships ahead of Hurricane Florence , and the Air Force and Army are both flying advanced aircraft elsewhere as a safeguard. Some remaining Marines, meanwhile, are […]