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North Carolina Storm Recovery Chief Accedes Matthew Frustrations
North Carolina's emergency management chief says funds for Hurricane Matthew recovery continue to flow but acknowledged the process for homeowners to tap into federal repair funds is laborious and frustrating.
Mike Sprayberry took heated questions Monday from House committee members with constituents still waiting for grants to pay for home repairs already done or yet to be done after the October 2016 storm.
The committee focused largely on $237 million allocated by the federal government last year but have essentially yet to be distributed.
Sprayberry says the federal government requires these grant applicants to go through a strict application process and wants to streamline it.
High Triad Eviction Rates Point To Hard Economic Truths
Both Greensboro and Winston-Salem are among the top 20 cities for evictions in the United States. That's according to the latest data from “The Eviction Lab,” a project run by Princeton University.
The simple answer is that income has not kept up with the price of rental units. That's especially true in cities hit hard by either job loss, or high population growth.
According to Brett Byerly at the Greensboro Housing Coalition, the most common reason is simply that tenants don't make rent, and get kicked out.
Byerly says a number of stakeholders are trying to figure out solutions to the eviction crisis, such as emergency rent programs.
Women Dominate Race In Fifth District
Voters head to the polls for the primary on May 8. In the U.S. Fifth Congressional District, women are dominating the race.
That includes a powerful five term incumbent, Virginia Foxx. Foxx has never had trouble fending of primary challengers during her time in Washington. Now she faces two Republicans hoping to unseat her – Dillon Gentry of Banner Elk and Cortland Meader of Mocksville. Both are political newcomers.
Whoever wins the Republican primary will face a woman Democrat in the November General Election.
D.D. Adams has been a Winston-Salem City Council Member since 2009. Marshall is a teacher who has been involved in the Democratic Party's activities.
Protester Says She Defaced Confederate Monument On Campus
A protester has acknowledged throwing a mixture of red ink and her own blood on a Confederate statue on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus.
In an email sent to local news outlets, Maya Little says she defaced the "Silent Sam" statue Monday. One photo showed her pouring the mixture on the statue's base as a campus police officer stands next to her.
Little, an organizer of sit-ins to protest the statue, criticized UNC chancellor Carol Folt for not acting to have the statue of the anonymous Confederate soldier removed. Folt has previously said state law prevents the school from removing it.
1 Of 3 Red Wolf Pups Dies At North Carolina Museum
One of three red wolf pups born at a North Carolina museum has died.
The News & Observer of Raleigh reports the Durham Museum of Life and Science says a litter of pups was born on April 21, and the two males and one female were in good health during a checkup last Friday.
Animal department director Sherry Samuels said museum staff watching the family Saturday noticed one pup was separated from the other two. Samuels said staffers entered the exhibit and found the female pup dead.
Testing is being done to try to determine the cause of death.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said last week the only wild population of endangered red wolves in eastern North Carolina is unsustainable and could be wiped out within a decade.