A forced weaning off of federal dollars could have an outsize impact in North Carolina and the other states that pass on much of their FEMA grants to county and local agencies. Many rural counties ...

The first detainees arrived at Alligator Alcatraz late Wednesday night, even as the immigration detention facility in the ...

From floods to forest fires, Haywood County Emergency Management Officer Zack Koonce has served as a steady and stalwart ...

As hurricane season bears down, a new layer of uncertainty is spreading through the disaster response system: a wall of ...

Last October, after Hurricane Helene devastated swathes of the U.S. southeast, a surge of misinformation stoked by right-wing public figures fueled open hostility towards the Federal Emergency ...

Haywood County Emergency Management Officer Zack Koonce has been named a 2025 recipient of the “Heroic Hands” Award, ...

Haywood County Emergency Management Officer Zack Koonce has been named a 2025 recipient of the “Heroic Hands” Award, presented by the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC). The ...

Helene killed at least 107 people in the state and caused nearly $60 billion in damages to homes, businesses and ...

GARNER, N.C. (WTVD) -- Amazon is renewing its partnership with the North Carolina Emergency Management Department. NCEM officials were given a tour of Amazon's Ganer fulfillment center on ...

As insurance costs have increased, representatives from the N.C. Department of Insurance and statewide flood organizations encouraged higher standards and suggested possible incentives for flood ...

National studies have found fewer homeowners have been enrolling in insurance due to rising costs. Data from the Federal Emergency Management Agency indicates few homeowners were enrolled in the ...