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Like other areas of eastern North Carolina, Pollocksville’s recovery from Hurricane Florence has been slow but steady. The town’s progress will take one step forward Sunday with a public input session at the town boat landing to allow residents to voice their opinions on the Pollocksville  “Floodprint,” a flood mitigation and recovery plan being developed in conjunction with the NC State University Coastal Dynamics Design Lab (CDDL).  The “Floodprint plan brings CDDL architects, scientists, engineers, graphic designers, and environmental planners to the table with Pollocksville of...

Pollocksville charts long road to recovery with help of Coastal Dynamics Design Lab Sun Journal (New Bern, NC) Feb. 27—Like other areas of eastern North Carolina, Pollocksville's recovery from Hurricane Florence has been slow but steady. The town's progress will take one step forward Sunday with a public input session at the town boat landing to allow residents to voice their opinions on the Pollocksville "Floodprint," a flood mitigation and recovery plan being developed in conjunction with the NC State University Coastal Dynamics Design Lab (CDDL). The "Floodprint plan brings CDDL archi...

DHEC responds to transparency questions regarding press briefing strategy The press briefings are held virtually, and until November, they included some time for a live question and answer segment among reporters and DHEC officials. (Source: WBTV) By Kaitlin Stansell | February 11, 2021 at 5:35 PM EST - Updated February 11 at 7:46 PM CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Since late November, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control has required reporters to submit questions hours ahead of scheduled press briefings where DHEC officials are made available for comment on the ...

Hundreds get COVID vaccine at 'double secret' vaccination clinic at state fairgrounds Zak Koeske, The State (Columbia, S.C.) Jan. 16—COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina's health department held an unpublicized mass vaccination clinic Friday at the state fairgrounds in Columbia that drew hundreds of people who waited in their cars for hours to secure doses of the scarce COVID-19 vaccine. "We heard about it this morning when a friend texted us to say she had heard that DHEC was running the vaccination program at the fairgrounds for people over 70," said Jay Bender, an attorney w...

North carolina. where local officials are pleading for help. today they will hear from the guy in charge. griff: that's right here in poll locksville 20 miles west where the president touches down in marine corps air station in cherry point. guys, if he looks out the window, this is what he will see below. this drone footage from the sheriff county sheriff's office. unbelievable houses still under water. resources in small towns like this all in this area are very, very thin. we spoke to the mayor jay bender here in poll locksville and here is what he hopes the president will hear and see. >> ...