“You are not forgotten any longer.” Those were the words spoken by President Donald Trump as he visited Swannanoa in western North Carolina on Friday. Swannanoa was one of many communities devastated by Hurricane Helene in late September.
The actual debt that the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency faces has unraveled into $319 million in a matter of days, now standing over 80% higher than Gov. Roy Cooper’s staff first disclosed, according to the General Assembly.
On Thursday, US Sen. Thom Tillis, R-NC, piled on to the criticism of Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper and a state agency in his administration for its last-minute request of $175 million in order to keep operating.
It was a case of rinse and repeat for North Carolina lawmakers Wednesday as they heard much of the same testimony from North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency (NCORR) officials on efforts to help those who lost homes due to Hurricanes Matthew and Florence.
The director of disaster recovery at the North Carolina Office of State Budget and Management will be taking on a new role in another state agency beginning Feb. 1.
