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Hundreds of displaced residents remained in eastern North Carolina shelters three weeks after Hurricane Florence’s eye reached the Atlantic coast. The state emergency management office says 11 shelters counted 625 people early Friday, compared with the 22,000 people in over 100 shelters when the storm arrived. Emergency management office spokesman Keith Acree said 1,000 other people are benefiting from a government program that provides temporary housing such as hotel rooms while more permanent housing is…

A Florence County man is now facing murder and attempted murder charges after he ambushed police, killing one, and injuring six others. His son was also arrested in connection to the sexual assault that first brought officers to the home in the Vintage Place community on Wednesday. They were attempting to serve a search warrant.  Frederick Hopkins, 74, was taken into custody today. The ambush was “in place,” according to Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott….

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, SC (FOX 46 WJZY) – Betty Burr lives in Chesterfield County. The 91-year-old woman has been using a lot of bug spray following Hurricane Florence. “I bought bug spray, they’re terrible, we just can’t come out in the yard at all without the bug spray,” Burr said. “Oh those bugs, I despise them.” Burr believes she’s seen more bugs, including mosquitoes, lingering outside her home. That’s to be expected because of the lingering…

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The NC General Assembly Tuesday passed two bills in special session to provide relief from Hurricane Florence. It was a rare example of both parties working together.  “I think it’s an opportunity that reminds us that we’re not Republicans or Democrats or anything. We’re all human beings and we’re all people and we owe a duty to each other to take care of one another,” said House Speaker Tim Moore. One bill matches $50 million…

RALEIGH, NC (AP) — The number of deaths in North Carolina from Hurricane Florence has risen by two, bringing the state’s total to 39. Gov. Roy Cooper’s office announced in a statement Tuesday that the two fatalities involved people killed during storm cleanup last month. The governor’s office says a 47-year-old man was found dead outside a Duplin County home on Sept. 21 due to a head injury he received after falling from a ladder while…

Multiple World War II armor-piercing projectiles, bullets and piles of shrapnel were found lodged in the sand at North Carolina’s Topsail Island over the weekend, according to a Facebook post by a member of the North Topsail Fire Department. Firefighter Bradley Thomas Dixon told the Charlotte Observer he made the discoveries with a metal detector, while searching for items that may have been exposed by Hurricane Florence. The weaponry has been examined by an explosives…

CHARLOTTE, NC (FOX 46 WJZY/AP) – The first of several anticipated attempts by legislators to address the damage and displacement Hurricane Florence caused in North Carolina begins two weeks after the storm’s rains finally left the state. The General Assembly is reconvening Tuesday for a special session called by Gov. Roy Cooper. The legislature is expected to pass laws focusing on immediate needs of affected residents and school districts, some of which still haven’t re-opened…

The historic Cape Lookout Lighthouse stopped operating after being damaged when Hurricane Florence hit the Outer Banks on Sept. 14, says the Cape Lookout National Seashore. On Friday, the National Park Service intends to reopen it to the public for three days, in a symbolic move “to celebrate the progress towards recovery from Hurricane Florence.” Climbers will be allowed inside Oct. 5 through 8 at no cost, officials said in a press release. The lighthouse…