Director: County Election Commission still submits application forms
LUMBERTON – With mail programs on the rise in North Carolina, the registered electorate is raising new concerns.
Tina Bledsoe, director of the Robeson County Electoral Council, said Wednesday that many electorates called voters wondering why they were receiving voter application bureaucracy by mail without asking for one when some electorates did not receive them.
“These come from other groups,” Bledsoe said. “These come from the Republican Party, the Ones from the Democratic Party. There are other groups. They don’t get them from us.”
The groups or organizations that distribute the bureaucracy are known in the letter, he said.
According to the National Elections Council, Americans can copy and distribute the official form of a request for voting for the state’s absentees, it is blank. No one can create their own form of mail-order voting application.
The only way to get a form of survey app in local election mail is to request one on the user or by calling, Bledsoe said.
“We don’t need other people to think about us and who we need to get a form,” Bledsoe said. “We inspire others to vote as they wish, either through absentee voting or on polling places.”
As of August 18, nearly 300,000 mail-in voting requests have been earned through the North Carolina County Board of Elections. And, the State Board of Elections this week unveiled a form of “enhanced” electoral enforcement in North Carolina for the November 3 general election.
Form updates come with cleaner design and greater access and use for all voters, according to the State Council.
“This new form is easier to use and is one of the many steps we’ve taken to simplify the vote of northern Carolinians in the COVID-19 era,” said Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the State Board of Elections. “Whether by mail or in person, we need others to vote the way they find most productive this fall.”
The form of the mailed ballot request can be mailed, emailed, faxed or returned to the user to the voter’s county electoral office.
The State Board will also launch an online mail application portal until September 1. Through the portal, the electorate may request a survey completely online, without having to print or submit an application form.
The State Board of Elections has issued further recommendations on the request for a vote. Include:
– No special cases or reasons are required to request, obtain and vote by mail. Any registered voter in North Carolina can apply for and obtain a mail-order survey for the 2020 election.
– Although the application period is 17 hours. On 27 October, the Council of State encourages the electorate wishing to vote by mail to request a vote as soon as possible. This will help the electorate to any disorder caused by delays in the U.S. Postal Service.
– Local county election councils will begin sending the ballot boxes on September 4th to the electorate who requests them. Voters who have already applied for a vote and do not get it between September 15 and 20 send an email or call their county election council to inquire about the prestige of their application.
– Voters who have already submitted a form of application do not send another form, even if they get one by mail. Duplicate programs are bulky for county election forums and would possibly delay processing your application.
– With the new form, the old form of a request for a vote for absent states remains a valid form for the 2020 general election.
As always, the North Carolina electorate has 3 voting functions: by mail, in the age of early voting of the user and in the user on voting day. Physical fitness promises will be put in position for voters voting for the user.
The era of early voting for the general election is from October 15 to October 31. Eligible Americans can register and vote at the same time using same-day registration in the early voting era at any county one-stop shop.
Because of COVID-19 and in order to practice social estrangement, the Robeson County Board of Elections approved the addition of an early voting site to the Pembroke Fire Department and the replacement of the vote on the Robeson County Board of Elections with a polling station at Pine Street Gym.
Pine Street Gym in Lumberton will be open October 15-16, October 19-2, and October 26-0 from 8:15 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. October 1, 8 a.m. a.m.
Other satellite polling places come with the Senior Citizens Center/Fire Hall in Fairmont, the Gilbert Patterson Library in Maxton, the Red Springs Community Building and the National Guard Armory in St. Pauls.
Satellite locations will be open october 18 and 24 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., October 19-23, and October 26-30 from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. October 31 from 8 a.m. to 3 a.m.
Obviously, polling stations will be marked for voters.
Election Day is November 3. Polling stations are open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and the voter vote in their assigned constituencies.
UNCP is able to make adjustments to the course plan if the virus spreads.
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St. Pauls Police Officer Dwight Atkinson moves boxes Thursday afternoon a distribution of food and hygiene items while driving in the parking lot of St. Pauls High School. Volunteers at the Church and Robeson County Network Center worked with St. Paul Police to serve about 200 city citizens, distributing six pallets of food.
The artist of Pembroke D.J. “Cowboy” Brooks lends his prowess to the place where the Lumberton covered flea market is located by giving market-place posters a new coat of paint on Thursday. Brooks has been a regular at the flea market site on Second Street for 8 years and has painted 3 artworks inside.
The Holy United Pentecostal Church, at 2300 Gavintown Road, Lumberton, will sponsor an hour-long parking appreciation parade on Saturday from 6 p.m. 7 p.m. honoring Sister Irene Curry. Everyone’s invited. For more information, call 910-734-6173.
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Power in Prayer Ministry, an online convention prayer ministry, takes position Saturday morning from 6:15 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. anywhere over the phone. Call 605-475-4120 to participate (ID number – 3390591). The user in the rhythm of prayer is Sister Shelia Caviness-Branyon. Email a prayer request to [email protected].
Refuge Christian Center, at 111 S. Railroad St. in Rowland, operates the Sunday school at 10 a.m.; Sunday adoration at 11 a.m.; Wednesday Prayer at 6 p.m. Bible Study at 7 p.m. Reverend S. Lomax Bryant is the pastor.
The Fairmont Ministerial Alliance meets on the third Saturday of the month and the two at Jonesville Baptist Church, 327 Mill Branch Road, Fairmont. Breakfast is at 8:30 a.m. The assembly begins at 9:00 a.m. New members are welcome. Dr. Martine Spencer is the president.
Expanding the Vision of Kingdom Ministries, at 101 Industrial Drive in Fairmont, meets on Sundays for the Christian Life Class at 10 a.m. and for the morning cult at 11:30 a.m. The Bible exam takes place Tuesday at 6 p.m. The Apostle Marcia Lassiter is the shepherd. The phone number is 910-280-0509.
The Tabernacle Baptist Church, at N.C.711 in Pembroke, has a Sunday school at 9:45 a.m.; Sunday adoration at 11 a.m.; and Bible examination on Wednesday night for youth and youth at 7 p.m. The Reverend Henry Oxendine is the shepherd.
Bethany Christian Fellowship, at 307 S. Jones St. in Pembroke, runs Sunday school at 10 a.m. and Sunday worship at 11 a.m. The Bible exam is performed on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. The Reverend Charles P. Locklear is the shepherd.
The Center for the Liberation of the Deepest Truth, at 6154 Wire Grass Road in Orrum, meets for Sunday school from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. and the morning cult at 11:30 a.m. The Bible exam is performed Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Reverend Cycachee Scott is the shepherd.
Greater McKoy’s Chapel, Inc., at 284 Centre Road in Dublin, organizes Sunday school at 10 a.m. and the morning cult at 11 a.m. on Sundays. Pastoral Sundays are the second, third and fourth Sundays; and the day of deacons and deacons or ministers and the day of the Christian woman take place on the first Sunday. JPCW is at 6:00 p.m. and Bible examination at 7 p.m. Wednesdays. Dr. Delora A. LeSane is the shepherd.
Smyrna Baptist Church, in 8003 N.C., 211 East Lumberton, meets for Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and worship service at 11 a.m. The morning Bible exam is at 11 a.m. on Wednesdays and night service is at 7:30 p.m. The Reverend Carl Pevia is the pastor of the church. For more information, call 910-733-2592, 910-774-0707.
Ministries of Scope of the Crown of Life, 127A. E. Broad St. in St. Pauls meets every Sunday to pray at 10 a.m., Sunday school at 10:30 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. Every Saturday there is a prayer at noon. There’s a Bible exam Monday at 7:00 p.m. Pastor Kenneth R. McAllister is the pastor of the church. For more information, call 910-316-5712 or 910-774-6376.
LUMBERTON – Southeastern Health executives announced Thursday the postponement of the Community Health Awards rite scheduled for October.
“SeHealth’s control has taken the decision to postpone this year’s event, which historically takes place in October, spring 2021 in the hope that COVID-19 will no longer be a widespread fitness challenge for the community,” is read in part from Southeast Health.
Since 2013, Southeastern Health has organized an annual Community Health Awards opportunity to celebrate the efforts of many others in the region who have worked for the fitness of others.
The Southeastern Health Awards allowed the organization to recognize companies, churches, lifeguards, educators, and fitness care professionals who outperform others.
An example of the award presented on the occasion is the Lifetime Achievement Award. Those honored to lead fitness efforts come with Dr. Martin Brooks, Dr. Stephen Bridgers, Dr. Jerry Devine, Dr. D.E. Ward, robeson County Retired District Attorney Johnson Britt and Dr. Thomas Walden.
“We look to the assembly in the spring to continue our culture of celebrating the winners of the long-term fitness awards for their tireless efforts to provide our network with opportunities and resources for general fitness,” reads below.
LUMBERTON – More money to expand the Internet in rural North Carolina will be a priority for two Robeson County lawmakers when the General Assembly meets Wednesday for a brief session.
Sen. Danny Britt Jr., a Lumberton Republican, is among the state legislators who have pointed to increased investment in the Growth of Rural Economies with Access to Technology program, or GREAT Scholarship in 2020 ahead of the brief September session. Britt and other lawmakers expect to inject $30 million of federal CARES cash into the program to fund some other set of awards by 2020.
“From day one, the GREAT program has benefited rural North Carolina, adding Robeson and Columbus counties,” Britt said. “Access to a reliable Internet is a game changer for our business community, our school systems, and our lives. Ensuring that our students and small business owners have access to a reliable Internet is more vital than ever.”
The legislature allocated $24 million to the program this year, according to lawmakers. In 2020, more than $12 million in grants were awarded to expand to 8,017 families and 254 businesses in 11 counties.
“As a rural county, we are fighting for our youth to have the Internet. It’s in the minds of many parents and teachers. It’s a challenge to public education,” said Rep. Charles Graham, a Lumberton Democrat.
The challenge of Internet access has been around for years and probably won’t be solved next week, however, lawmakers will have to work bipartisanly to get equivalent opportunities for young people in rural Robeson County, Graham said.
“So I’m going to advocate for greater investment for the Internet in rural counties through the GREAT Grant Program,” he said. “I need to see more investment for the GREAT grant program.”
Senate Leader Phil Berger showed Thursday that the factor will be discussed as the General Assembly resumes next week.
“Yes, lawmakers will talk about the additional $30 million for the GREAT program next week. This is one of many laws that the General Assembly will consider assigning the remaining investment of the CARES Act,” said one from Berger’s office.
The request for more investment for the GREAT program comes after an announcement Friday that ATMC regional corporate communications facilities have earned two grants totaling $2.5 million to expand Internet service to communities in Columbus and Robeson counties.
ATMC, based at SHALLotte, was one of 8 investment recipients in the time phase of the NC GREAT Grant broadband program. Cash will be used to extend high-speed Internet service to more than 2,000 homes in the Fair Bluff and Boardman communities of Columbus County, and Robeson County communities in Orrum and Proctorville. ATMC will need to provide an additional $1 million budget for all those projects.
“High-speed Internet access allows the user to make their world bigger beyond their wildest imagination,” said Senator Bob Steinburg, Chowan Republican. “Murphy’s academics in Manteo lose their critical learning because they don’t have access to the Internet. As distance learning becomes a new standard, it is imperative that we invest in this infrastructure.”
The General Assembly created the GREAT programme in 2018. Since then, lawmakers have continued to prioritize investment to expand broadband, although Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed investment in 2018 and 2019, according to a set of Republican lawmakers.
“When we created the GREAT program in 2018, it was cutting edge and has become a style for other states,” said Representative Dean Arp, R-Union. “This pandemic only underscores the common desire to continue investing in this program. Investing in rural broadband is an investment in North Carolina’s future.”
In May, the General Assembly approved $11 million for more Home Wi-Fi, $35 million for electronic remote learning devices, and $1 million for Wi-Fi buses, according to lawmakers’ statement. In September, the Legislature expects to allocate another $10 million for Internet issues for K-12 students.
“This investment strengthens the Commitment of the Senate and House to connect our students, parents, and online learning resources, regardless of the demanding situations we face,” said Rep. Jason Saine, R-Lincoln.
The brief sessions of the North Carolina General Assembly are regularly convened only for budget matters, appointments, and appointments for forums and organizations.
The brief session, which begins on Wednesday, is expected to last one day, with the legislators’ assembly on Wednesday and the return home on Thursday. But the final resolution, also known as Senate Bill 870, passed on June 26, was passed sine die, meaning lawmakers left the door open to stay longer to deal with problems they believe they want resolved immediately.
One of the upheavals may simply be Governor Cooper’s spending proposal, which he announced Wednesday. The proposal includes concepts on how to spend the remaining federal state aid dollars COVID-19. Cooper also needs a quick adjustment to the government’s annual spending plan, which began on July 1.
The Democratic governor said he later sought to spend an additional $559 million on state dollars on things like crisis relief and education for at-risk students. It needs instructor bonuses far beyond what Republican lawmakers passed in June. Cooper also needs Medicaid expansion and more than $5 billion in proposed new debt for investment and infrastructure projects.
Rep. Graham will “continue very strongly” to expand Medicaid in the next session.
“We threw the can on the road in our last sessions and we didn’t do anything,” he said. “This is a serious fear for many North Carolinans and more than 13,000 uninsured citizens of Robeson County. This is an opportunity to give them the opportunity to close the fitness policy gap. It’s an ethical issue.”
Republicans have criticized Cooper’s spending plan. They call it a dicy proposal to “spend now, pray after” that is 4 months late.
LUMBERTON – Robeson Community College, Southeastern Health and other organizations are doing their paintings to combat road traffic deaths, the county attorney said Thursday.
There were 36 traffic-related deaths in Robeson County between January and July 2020, thirteen more than 23 reported at the same time in 2019, according to the North Carolina Department of Transportation. There were 31 fatal vehicle injuries between January and July 2020, an increase of 48% over the same time in 2019.
“We have made progress in executing the combination and highlighting a primary public protection factor for Robeson County,” said Grady Hunt, chairman of Robeson County’s Vision Zero Working Group and a member of the North Carolina Transportation Council. “But we’ll have to be vigilant. We still have a lot of pictures to do.”
But projects such as the Saved through the Belt protection class, the DWI Treatment Court and defensive driving courses have been put in a position to save lives, said Matt Scott, a Robeson County attorney. Scott reported to the execution Thursday about the systems at a virtual meeting.
“We have partnered with several agencies and teams to resolve the disruptions we face on our roads throughout Robeson County,” Scott said.
Defensive Driving and Alive at 25 show up at the RCC to other people who register after receiving an urgent fine. Both courses are taught through State Highway Patrol infants and are designed to ensure driving habits. Classes began in January.
The elegance of defensive driving goals to adults. I live with 25 goals, other people over the age of 15 to 24, according to the Alive at 25 website.
“Traffic injuries are the leading cause of death among adolescents and account for 44% of adolescent deaths in the United States,” reads on the website.
Robeson Community College is one of the few schools in the state that does not offer courses, Scott said.
“Knowing all this, at the DA we brought the RCC to the table,” he said.
Once participation in the course increases, he hopes to get something into class, Scott said.
According to NCDOT, there was a 53% increase in the death toll of others who were not wearing road belts between January and July 2020 compared to the same time in 2019. In 2019, seven deaths were reported due to – wearing seat belts in the event of an accident, and 15 in 2020.
Saved through the belt is a course that addresses this problem, Scott said. The course began in September 2019 and 243 other people have completed it since March 30.
The loose course allows others with seat belt violations to attend a two-hour course at Southeastern Health to cancel the first-price ticket.
The DWI Treatment Court continues to take care of drinking and driving in the county, with two participants whose lives have passed since joining the program, he said.
During a medical examination, which is of the program, the two patients were informed through a doctor that they had two months to live, the prosecutor said.
“Now that they are sober, they manage to stick to our program and get the medical remedy needed to solve the underlying problems,” Scott said.
COVID-19 has delayed or delayed some courses.
Saved through the Belt categories stopped in March due to restrictions and resumed on June 20 with player selection, social estrangement and category reduction and instructors, Scott said. As of August 22, Southeastern Health has introduced 20 seat belt protection courses. The redress court resumed in July.
In other road protection news, NCDOT is achieving pedestrian traffic protection in 17 cities, adding Lumberton, Whiteville, Charlotte and Fayetteville, which account for approximately 56% of pedestrian injuries across the state.
Recommendations for progressive protection are expected until March 2021.
A signage assignment is also being carried out on county sidewalks, focusing on adding or replacing complex signals and speed warnings in curves with track exit collision history. The assignment began in April and investigations are expected to be completed in November, according to Brian Mayhew, a road protection engineer at NCDOT.
The project has “identified 27 sections of roadway with more than 200 curves,” Mayhew said.
In 2019, statewide rural lane exit collisions accounted for approximately 58% of all lane exit collisions, 76% of deaths, and approximately 79% of serious injuries, according to NCDOT.
“Focusing on the curves that have a turn in the history of fate is another vital tool we can use to motivate the protection of force and save lives right here in Robeson County,” Grady Hunt said.
The following thefts reported Wednesday and Thursday to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office:
Valarie Martone, Smith Farm Road, St. Pauls; George Treminio, Nealy Avenue, Lumberton; Allysia Canady, Biggs Road, Lumberton; Nancy Maynor, Lovette Road, Lumberton; Leander Locklear, Hayes Locklear Road, Pembroke; and Maggie Collins, Red Hill Road, Maxton.
The following thefts reported Wednesday to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office:
James Cade, Bollinger Avenue, Lumberton; Candice Lawson, Wire Grass Road, Orrum; Shirley Scott, U.S. 301, Maxton; Sandra Jacobs, Morrison Road, Maxton; and Charles Spivey, Centerville Church Road, Fairmont.
Derrick Pratt reported Wednesday to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office that he attacked through someone with a gun on Oxendine School Road in Maxton.
James Pittman, of N.C.131 in Bladenboro, told the Lumberton Police Department Wednesday that he was the victim of a robbery at Sun-DO Kwik Shop at 5111 Fayetteville Road in Lumberton.
Kaid Nagi, of Cedar Creek Road in Fayetteville, reported Wednesday to the Lumberton Police Department that he stole cigarettes from Tobacco Brothers Minit Shop, located at 2205 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Lumberton.
ELIZABETHTOWN – A 41-year-old Durham man arrested Tuesday night and charged with the death of a man whose body was discovered Saturday on the Cape Fear River.
Jim Robert Goins, 203, Pekoe St., has been charged with first-degree murder before the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office.
The U.S. Marshal’s Office assisted in Goins’ arrest Tuesday night in Raleigh. He was taken to the Bladen County detention center, where he is awaiting his first court appearance without bail, according to the sheriff’s office.
Goins is charged with killing 54-year-old Kenneth Ross Covell, also 203 Pekoe Street, an August 18-morning altercation in Bladen County’s East Arcadia domain, according to the sheriff’s office.
Details of covell’s cause of death are awaiting a post-mortem report from the workplace of the chief medical examiner from North Carolina in Raleigh. Covell’s painting was known on August 24 through the Office of the Chief Coroner.
“We appreciate the public and all the agencies that helped us solve this case,” Sheriff Jim McVicker said. “Without your arrangement, this case would have been difficult to resolve.”
Rescue groups from the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office and Bladen recovered Covell’s body around 9:30 a.m. on Saturday. He discovered it on the Cape Fear River near the Riegelwood Country Club, according to the sheriff’s office.
The sheriff’s dive teams and workplace began a search Friday after the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office gained reports that an attack and a frame dropped into the river this week.
PEMBROKE – The task of expanding a dessert manufacturer here will take a step forward in the coming weeks.
Steven Roberts Original Desserts LLC announced on August 20 that it would make a $4.5 million investment in an allocation to integrate a new production line, build a new warehouse and acquire new appliances for its facility at 701 S. Jones St. in Pembroke.
“They will start innovating in the coming weeks,” said Channing Jones, executive director of the Robeson County Office of Economic Development.
The company expects to have a complete structure and be fully operational until the first quarter of 2021, which ends march 31, Jones said.
The assignment is a “formidable opportunity” for jobs in the county, he said. You’ll create a hundred jobs in Robeson County once the expansion is complete.
“This will also create an additional tax base for Robeson County and the city of Pembroke,” Jones said.
The expansion allocation will also raise the total number of jobs for the dessert production company to 400 in the city of Pembroke, said Steve Fabos, CEO of Steven Roberts Original Deserts.
The city provided situations adapted to the wishes of the facility, which contributed to the company’s resolve to expand there, Fabos said. The expansion at Pembroke provided “access to strong labor assets and has been convenient for the development of North American customer markets,” he said.
Pembroke’s expansion allocation will allow the dessert company to better satisfy the desires of a giant U.S. restaurant chain, whose call has been released.
Partnerships between local, state and regional organizations have helped recruit the company’s largest investments in the county, Jones said.
Officials from the city of Pembroke and Robeson County worked with Robeson Community College, the North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority, the Robeson County 100 Committee, Southeast North Carolina, the North Carolina Economic Development Association, and the North Carolina Department of Commerce to expand the project He said.
For more than 20 years, Steven Roberts Original Desserts has been the premium desserts for all segments of the place to eat and bakeries in the store. Founded in 1995, SROriginals, LLC, is a privately held company owned by Charles Kosmont and Fabos. The company is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
LUMBERTON – As Hurricane Laura strengthened Wednesday in the Gulf of Mexico, the typhoon’s monetary effect is spreading across the country, although there will be limited physical effect at the local level of the typhoon.
Laura is the time with the typhoon name to enter the Gulf of Mexico this week, and because of that, average fuel costs nationwide have gone up several cents.
“With two storms threatening the Gulf Coast region, gas costs are likely to skyrocket,” said Tiffany Wright, aaa spokesman – The Auto Club Group in the Carolinas. “If platforms and platforms are offline for a long time, the source can be adjusted and costs may be affected.”
AAA reported that it was tracking the gas market in the wake of Tropical Storm Marco and when Hurricane Laura made landfall, which is expected Wednesday night or Thursday morning.
“While gasoline stocks remain at a healthy level, incremental increases are possible if these storms cause damage resulting in long-term impacts to oil rigs, refineries or the fuel supply chain as a whole,” a AAA release reads in part.
North Carolina’s average value for a gallon of gasoline rose 7 cents this week to $2.07. The South Carolina average rose to $1.95, consistent with the gallon. The national average is $2.20, which expands to 3 cents per week.
Hurricane Laura Wednesday became “an incredibly damaging category four hurricane,” according to the National Hurricane Center.
Laura is expected to strike overnight along the Louisiana-Texas border. Meteorologists warn of “catastrophic waves of typhoons, excessive winds and flash floods” and 20 feet of typhoon storm surges.
The hurricane is expected to succeed on land with sustained winds of 145 mph, but could weaken long before landing.
According to the national hurricane center’s most recent forecasts, Hurricane Laura makes a sharp turn east after making landfall. The turn will point to southern Ohio, Kentucky and northern Tennessee. The National Hurricane Center hopes North Carolina won’t see rain from the storm’s wreckage.
Given the lack of rain in the forecast for next week, the lumber river’s water point is expected to fall below the flood point, even marginal, on Thursday and remain there in the near future. The existing water point of the river is 12.2 feet, which corresponds to the point of action of the flood. The river’s flood point is thirteen feet.
The National Weather Service predicts that the level of the Lumber River will be minimized this week before receiving the precipitation forecast by the end of next week. The water point is expected to drop to 10 feet on Monday.
Reggie Kornegay, on the left, places a fence post on Wednesday afternoon in a space on Eighth Street at Lumberton while owner Will Nance holds the pole, which will be a component of a protective fence. Will and Jeff Nance moved into the 119-year-old space about 3 months ago and plan to repair it from the inside.
LUMBERTON – The town of Red Springs will be one of the municipalities of North Carolina that will compete for a percentage of the $175 million that will be held to help state citizens pay rent and utilities and prevent homeless people from suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Will will make very diligent efforts to ask for this money,” Executive Chairman David Ashburn said Wednesday.
Governor Roy Cooper announced Tuesday that three systems have been put in place to provide money to municipalities and their residents, which are in monetary difficulty due to the pandemic. These are: prevention payments and eviction request, with approximately $94 million available; Response to housing crisis and stability, approximately $53 million; and Local Government Fund, $28 million.
“COVID-19 has put pressure on the circle of family finance in North Carolina, and many other people are suffering to make ends meet,” Cooper said. “People want a safe and solid home, especially this pandemic, and we want to help others stay home and keep their facilities public while our economy recovers.
There is an application procedure for the programs.
Ashburn said Red Springs planned to claim between $200,000 and $300,000 from the local government investment program, whose cash will have to be used to help citizens pay overdue application costs and pay rent. The municipality supplies electricity, water and sewerage, as well as garbage collection to its inhabitants, which in total just over 3400 inhabitants.
But on Wednesday afternoon, Red Springs executives didn’t know how to ask for money.
“They didn’t give us any information about the application process,” Ashburn said.
As a result, Ashburn, Mayor Edward Henderson and the city began contacting other agencies and organizations in the state, such as the North Carolina City Council, seeking to be informed about how to ask for money.
“Once we know how to exploit this, it will be a great relief to other people who are suffering to pay for their hiring and overdue application bills,” Henderson said.
It will also help the city with the reserve dollars spent to keep the force running, Ashburn said. The city owes more than $800,000 in unpaid application invoices.
“It’ll be fine once we know how to draw it,” Ashburn said.
At least some of the mandatory data provided through the Lumber River Governing Council on Wednesday afternoon. The Commission sent an email explaining what each investment programme intended to do and providing data on implementation.
Regarding the local government investment program, the email reads in part: “Approximately $28 million through the North Carolina Department of Commerce through the CDBG-CV budget, all communities in the River Lumber domain succeed at population thresholds. This budget can be used for citizens to pay hiring bills and overdue applications.
The budget for the block grant for community development-Coronavirus, or CDBG-CV, usually comes from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Local government leaders complain that the grant application procedure is expensive.
According to data from Cooper’s office, the cash “will be administered through municipalities made up of fewer than 50,000 citizens and counties with fewer than 200,000 citizens applying to participate. Local governments are encouraged to prioritize local cash for their citizens to pay rent and overdue application bills. . »
Cash can also be used to provide Internet access, food distribution, COVID-19 detection and diagnosis, and job education for fitness care workers, according to Cooper’s office.
“The Commerce Department has a long history of working with our local government partners to manage federal resources in times of crisis,” Commerce Secretary Anthony Copeland said. “As a channel that is in a position to provide important assistance to North Carolina communities, our CDBG program has proven its worth over and over again.”
The LRCOG email informs local government leaders that cash for eviction will save you money and application invoices will be distributed through the N.C.,or NCORR Office of Recovery and Resilience. It deserves to be used for rental and application bills and to prevent evictions from others with proven needs. Cash for the reaction to the crisis and housing stability will be distributed through the Nova Scotia Department of Health and Social Services and deserves to be used to help families who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.
“In the coming weeks there will be information about the programs for those two programs,” it reads in part of the email.
“During this crisis, it is more than ever that the government acts smarter and faster to provide relief to those facing eviction and disconnection from public services. NCORR prides itself on its spouse with several agencies to make the most of the federal budget in North Carolina,” said Laura Hogshead, chief operating officer.
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The Holy United Pentecostal Church, at 2300 Gavintown Road, Lumberton, will sponsor an hour-long parking appreciation parade on Saturday from 6 p.m. 7 p.m. honoring Sister Irene Curry. Everyone’s invited. For more information, call 910-734-6173.
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LUMBERTON – Robeson Community College, Southeastern Health and other organizations are doing their paintings to combat road traffic deaths, the county attorney said Thursday.
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The following thefts reported Wednesday and Thursday to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office:
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RALEIGH – While running from home provides wonderful flexibility and forward-looking benefits, whether professional or personal, most of us don’t need to make it our default setup, even later, or perhaps because we were ordered to paint from home this spring the initial. reaction to the COVID-19 crisis.
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