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LUMBERTON – Forty-two new COVID-19s were reported Monday through the Robeson County Health Department.
New instances of the new coronavirus, recorded over the weekend, bring Robeson County general tests to 2540, killing 52 county citizens after contracting the virus.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has Robeson County with an 18% positive testing rate, But certain instances skew the local percentage, the county Health Department director said.
“The drive-through testing done by the Lumbee Tribe and the Health Department generally has a 4% or 5% positivity rate,” Bill Smith said. “What is driving the higher rate are specific populations testing positive in mass, such as processing plants, long-term care facilities and prison populations.”
Of the 42 new cases, 24 were and 18 were men. The oldest new patient is 73 years old and the youngest is thirteen years old.
The American Indians accounted for 17 of the cases, 8 were white, six African-Americans, five Hispanics, and six mentioned their race.
Twenty of the positive cases were tested at the local hospital. Seven each were tested at the Lumbee Tribe drive-through and at a hospital outside Robeson County. Six were tested at a quick-care facility, and two were tested at a private provider.
Drive-through testing is occurring daily at a pharmacy in Lumberton, according to the county Health Department. The Lumbee Tribe’s drive-through testing scheduled for Tuesday has been postponed. Another tribal testing site will be in operation at Zion Hill Baptist Church in Rennert from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday and Friday.
Pre-registration is encouraged at all sites because it speeds up the testing process, but it is not required. Information on the testing sites can be found on each of the relevant organizations’ Facebook page.
Southeastern Regional Medical Center reported Monday that 20 patients were in isolation after testing positive for COVID-19 and 25 employees were in quarantine.
The state health agency reported Monday 1,313 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the state’s total to 126,532 lab-confirmed cases. The NCDHHS also released its weekly presumed positive count of 105,093, based on guidance from the World Health Organization and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The virus has caused or contributed to the deaths of 1,982 state residents and has left 1,057 residents hospitalized.
Rain from Tropical Storm Isaias leaves county facing flooding fears
Lumberton men face fees after MPs respond to home invasion report
LUMBERTON – About 3,500 Duke Energy consumers in Lumberton experienced power outages Monday night through Tuesday morning, but the peak was not similar to Hurricane Isaias.
“The only thing that happened was around 6 p.m., when much of the city lost electricity,” said Bill French, Lumberton’s director of emergency services. “The typhoon had not yet arrived.”
Electric Utilities Director Lamar Brayboy said about 3,000 customers in the city, including several businesses, lost power because of problems at an electrical substation.
“We had mechanical problems, gadgets at the substation,” Brayboy said.
A paint crew capable of repairing the force in less than an hour.
“The utilities department did a fantastic job getting the power back on,” French said.
French and other emergency and utility personnel throughout the county reported minimal to no damages related to Isaias.
Isaias made landfall Monday night at Ocean Isle Beach in Brunswick County as a Category 1 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center. By 6 a.m. Tuesday, the storm had moved into Virginia, having been in North Carolina for about seven hours.
The threat from the storm resulted in state of emergency declarations from the towns of Maxton and Red Spring and from Robeson County. St. Pauls imposed a curfew effective from 8 p.m. Monday to 6 a.m. Tuesday.
Maxton’s declaration was lifted Tuesday at 1 p.m., and the county declaration was rescinded Tuesday.
The Red Springs ordinance will remain in position to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but the order imposes no restrictions on the public, executive chairman David Ashburn said.
About five thousand storm-related blackouts occurred from Monday afternoon to Tuesday morning, but the entire force was restored around 5 a.m. on Tuesday, Brayboy said. Most disorders were caused by damage to a primary circuit and by power lines that had fallen from falling tree branches.
French said winds topped out at 27 mph in the city, and there was some “localized street flooding.”
“It wasn’t constant, so I don’t think it caused any primary damage,” French said. “We behaved much better than we thought.”
Robeson County Emergency Management Director Stephanie Chavis reported an uneventful evening.
County Communications reported no structural damage as a result of the storm, and the North Carolina Department of Transportation reported no road closures, Chavis said. The Emergency Operations Center has returned to general operations.
“Thank God for the magnitude, however, it’s still a smart practice for emergency management,” Chavis said. “Keep us alert.”
About 270 Duke Energy customers in Robeson County lost power, according to the utility company. All but four customers had power restored as of Tuesday afternoon.
Lumbee River Electric Membership Corporation reported no outages, said Walter White, LREMC’s vice president of Corporate Services.
“We really are so lucky,” White said. “We really are fortunate. We dodged a bullet.”
White said LREMC received about 400 power outage calls Monday night in neighboring Hoke County, but all customers had power restored by 6 a.m. Tuesday.
Lumberton won about 1.38 inches of rain, said Rachel Zouzias, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service. At 0700 on Tuesday, the Lumber River water point at Lumberton 11.1 feet.
The river expected to peak about 12 feet on Wednesday, one foot below the 13-foot flood level.
“You were successful,” Zouzias said.
LUMBERTON – A 24-year-old Fayetteville woman killed and 3 people, adding a 6-year-old boy, were injured in a rotation of the vehicle’s fate in Maxton, according to the State Highway Patrol.
The Highway Patrol won the turn of the destination report near McGirt and McGirt Gin Roads at approximately 6:31 p.m. Friday, the patrol sergeant. X.S. McPherson said Tuesday.
Ericka Alexis McLean, 932 Country Drive, died Friday after the 2013 Ford passenger car traveling east on McGirt Gin Road and operated through Angel Javier Dickerson, 25, of 1787 Mitchell Court in Fayetteville, did not give way to the driving force that entered the road from a prevention signal on McGirt Road McPherson said.
Dickerson collided with a 2013 Chevrolet passenger driven through 51-year-old Joan Hunt Johnson at 21480 McLaurin Road in Laurinburg, he said. Dickerson’s vehicle left the road and overturned before stopping at a field. Johnson’s vehicle arrived from the road on the right.
Angel Dickerson, McLean and 6-year-old passenger Aiden Dickerson, from McLean’s management, were ejected from the vehicle, McPherson said. None of them were dressed in seat belts.
Johnson put on his seat belt and was not ejected from his vehicle.
Angel Dickerson was taken to UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill with critical injuries, McPherson said. Aiden Dickerson, McLean and Johnson were taken to Scotland Memorial Hospital in Laurinburg.
McLean died as a result of suffering in the accident.
“The investigation is ongoing,” McPherson said. “This turns out to be a violation of functionality.”
No fees were set on the turn of fate and there were no updates on the situations of the wounded available, he said.
LUMBERTON – Distance education practices and scoring policy will be held Thursday at the Robeson County Public Schools Board Of Education Policy and Program Assembly.
The assembly is scheduled for 6 p.m. school district at one hundred Hargrave St. in Lumberton.
The public is not invited to the assembly due to disruptions with COVID-19. The assembly will be broadcast and published online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGcG23cWcDQ&feature=youtu.be
LUMBERTON – Monday is to register for the South East Regional Tours 2020.
The tour is scheduled for August 14 at Roberts Brothers Farm, Howell and Ruth Roads in Robeson County, according to the Cooperative Extension Center of North Carolina-Robeson County.
Registration is required this year due to government regulations restricting the number of participants in meetings, in accordance with the Cooperative Extension. Participation will be limited to those who log in. Participants can log in to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/southeast-regional-field-tour-stop-registration-115533157785
Masks and hand sanitizer will be available at registration check-in, according to Cooperative Extension. Participants will be encouraged to wear masks and practice social distancing guidelines while at the field tour.
During the visit to the producer-centric box, Ron Heiniger will discuss the highest-yielding corn environments and Rachel Vann will provide survey control practices related to the best soybean yields. There will be an optional self-guided tour and a question and answer consultation after the event.
For a list of virtual tour options, go online to https://cals.ncsu.edu/crop-and-soil-sciences/virtual-events/
For detailed directions or more information, contact Mac Malloy by calling 910-671-3276 or via email at [email protected].
LUMBERTON — No decision was reached Tuesday on whether or not to cancel or move forward with the 74th Annual Robeson County Regional Agricultural Fair.
The fair’s board of directors is “waiting for further guidance from the governor (Roy Cooper) based on the state’s COVID situation,” said Shea Dejarnette, a fair board member.
Tuesday’s meeting came on the heels of the cancellation of the North Carolina State Fair. The annual event was canceled because of safety, financial and attendance challenges caused by COVID-19, state Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler said July 29.
The next day, organizers announced the cancellation of Cumberland and Columbus counties.
Troxler said horse and junior livestock shows still will take place at the fairgrounds in Raleigh in October, with proper social distancing. There also may be more drive-through events where motorists can buy food usually sold by N.C. State Fair vendors.
Following in the state’s footsteps, Robeson County’s 24-member fair board voted Tuesday to hold youth livestock competitions. But, they will be virtual this year. Fair President Allen Faircloth told board members that other fairs are cancelling carnivals and vendors, but not the livestock program.
“A lot of them organize shows,” Faircloth said.
Dejarnette’s motion to continue with livestock judging and use money collected from sponsors to buy ribbons and trophies, and to pay competition costs was approved by the board.
The livestock competition will be set up in such a way that young competitors will make video recordings of their animals, Dejarnette said. The recordings will be viewed remotely by judges.
The annual fair typically draws tens of thousands of people to Robeson County. As of Tuesday, the fair’s website carried a schedule of events that includes the Chickin’ Pickin’, Cycle Circus, Chainsaw Cutting, King Arthur Baking contests, and the cheerleader competition. Jim Quick and Coastline is scheduled to perform on what is to be Beach Music Night.
The fair board’s next meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Sept. 1.
LUMBERTON — The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Robeson County has increased by 56, the local Health Department reported Tuesday.
The new instances bring to 2596 the number of instances shown of the new coronavirus in Robeson County since the first positive case reported on March 21. Fifty-two instances resulted in death.
The men accounted for 29 of the reported cases on Tuesday. Twenty-seven were women. The oldest user who tested positive for 80 years and the youngest of 3 years.
Sixteen of the cases were American Indians, 14 were Hispanic, thirteen were African-American and two were white. Eleven of the case reports signed the race.
“The county’s demographics have been replaced in terms of race/ethnicity of other people who test positive,” said Bill Smith, director of the county’s fitness department. “While Hispanics still account for 40% of positive cases, American Indians have now advanced so far with 32%, while African-Americans have 25%. There are a giant number of individuals, almost 800, who did not have an indexed breed, so they can replace the numbers a little, but not the order.
The local hospital tested 23 of the cases reported Tuesday. Seventeen were tested at a private health-care provider. Six were tested outside Robeson County and four at the county Health Department. Three each were tested at a quick-care facility and the Lumbee Tribe drive-through testing site.
According to the Ministry of Health, driving tests are conducted at a pharmacy in Lumberton. Conducting tests of the Lumbee tribe will be conducted at Zion Hill Baptist Church in Rennert from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday and Friday.
Pre-enrollment is recommended on all sites because it speeds up the verification process, but it is not required. Information about verification sites should be on the Facebook page of each of the organizations involved.
The department of Health’s next management exam is scheduled for August 13 and 14 at Lumberton Junior High School. More check details will be posted on the Department of Health’s website.
The South East Regional Medical Center reported Tuesday that 17 patients were isolated after positive for COVID-19 and that 23 workers were quarantined.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services reported 1,629 new instances statewide on Tuesday. The new instances bring the total number of reported instances statewide from the beginning of the pandemic to 128,161. The virus has contributed or contributed to the deaths of 2,010 state citizens, and 1,166 citizens remain hospitalized.
David Thompson reported Monday to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office that he was the victim of a break-in that occurred on Hickory Road in Pembroke.
The following thefts were reported Monday to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office:
Miranda Carter, Promise Lane, Lumberton; and Shanequa Love, Quail Run, Lumberton.
Edwin Britt reported Monday to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office that he fired on a busy construction site on Matthews Bluff Road in Lumberton.
Sun Chuanyu, from West 18th Street to Lumberton, reported Monday to the Lumberton Police Department that he broke into his vehicle while stationed at a location on Lackey Street in Lumberton.
Francisco Ortiz Perez, of Flagstaff Drive in Charlotte, reported Monday to the Lumberton Police Department that someone stole his trailer, which contained tools, from the Hyde Park Baptist Church parking lot located at 301 Roberts Ave. Lumberton.
RALEIGH: A company that needs to build and operate a wood pellet production plant in Lumberton has received a state air permit.
The Air Quality Division of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued renewable energy for active energy, the NCDEQ announced Monday. Active Energy plans to build a facility at 1885 Alamac Road in Lumberton.
The permit includes other needs to address the considerations of others in the community.
They are:
– Test the stacking of hazardous air pollutants, toxic air pollutants and volatile biological compounds;
– Battery check to be performed 90 days after 180-day start;
– Emissions at the point of installation shall be reported every six months;
– Uncooked curtains will have to be limited to 50% softwood wood.
“Needs and reports will be used to verify that the installation is working as indicated in the permission request, which meets the thresholds of the small installation permission category and meets the permit situations. Knowledge of battery verification will be made public, “reads a DEQ edition in part.
The final permit, final license review, hearing officer report, director’s note and environmental justice report must be held on the department’s website in https://deq.nc.gov/Active-Energy.
The permit was issued after a virtual public hearing on June 22. The permit was challenged by citizens who feared the operation could damage the surrounding area and leak pollutants to the Lumber River.
Active Energy Group PLC has acquired a 415,000-square-foot construction on Alamac Road in Lumberton that will be the U.S. base. For its biomass processing operations, according to an April 2019 publication on the company’s website.
“The UK-based forest control company will create 50 jobs at the facility, spacing out the production of its CoalSwitch petroleum products logo ™. AEG acquired the construction and environment of Alamac Holdings as a component of a $50 million investment AEG plans to make in Robeson County,” the component says.
LUMBERTON – Funds must now be obtained to help crisis North Carolina citizens pay for their cooling or heating expenses or safe cooling or heating resources.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Social Services Crisis Response Program provides assistance to qualified low-income families experiencing a cold or heat crisis in winter.
“We know many families are currently facing additional financial hardships due to COVID-19, and this program is designed to bring aid to those in crisis to alleviate cooling or heating emergencies,” said David Locklear, deputy director of Economic and Family Services in the Division of Social Services. “North Carolina is moving into its hottest months of the year, and we hope those eligible will take advantage of this program to help keep their families safe and healthy.”
A household is in a crisis if it is experiencing or is in danger of experiencing a life-threatening or health-related emergency and sufficient, timely and appropriate assistance is not available from any other source, according to NCDHHS. A life-threatening emergency is defined as a household which has no heating or cooling source or has a past due notice for primary heating or cooling service, and the health or well-being of a household member would be in danger if the heating or cooling crisis was not alleviated.
The Energy Program Application Form must be downloaded to https://epass.nc.gov so that applicants can print and mail, fax, scan, or leave at a local DSS workplace upon completion. Applications can also be made by calling the county branch of the county’s social facilities or the workplaces of the county’s social facilities, until June 30, 2021, while the budget must be on. Households are evaluated separately through the branched branches of social facilities staff to determine if there is a heating or air conditioning crisis. The benefits for families would possibly vary depending on the amount needed to mitigate the crisis.
To qualify, a family will need to have at least one user who meets certain criteria, in addition to being eligible for income, and have a heating-like or air conditioning emergency. All major eligibility points must be obtained online at www.ncdhhs.gov/crisis-intervention-program.
The Crisis Response Program is funded through the federal government through the Administration of Children and Families. The budget is distributed through county social departments directly to the provider or application.
LUMBERTON – The Board of Commissioners voted Monday to participate in the forums of two county agencies.
The board voted 5-3 to approve Raymond Cummings’ move for commissioners to oversee the county’s fitness and social governing bodies. The vote means that any of the forums will now act as advisory committees and that the Board of Commissioners will make final decisions on departmental matters.
Board of Commissioners Lance Herndon and Commissioners Pauline Campbell and Jerry Stephens voted for Cummings’ motion. Vice President Faline Dial and Commissioners David Edge, Tom Taylor, Roger Oxendine and Raymond Cummings voted in favor.
“I think it’s too big a task to do over the phone,” Commissioner Jerry Stephens said.
Campbell tried to move a movement to Cumming’s movement chart until the next assembly after more data could be gathered, but his movement failed because his had already passed.
“I don’t think it’s fair,” Stephens said.
Stephens asked County Attorney Rob Davis to consult with the Lumber River Council of Governments to determine whether Campbell’s replacement move would have been enough to overturn the vote. Davis stated that only one movement can be considered at a time and that the vote was approved a moment before Campbell’s movement. But the lawyer said he’d ask.
“I did not expect to come making this decision,” Herndon said. “I am not in favor of it.”
The decision had been discussed by the Board of Commissioners for about two years, with the idea that the Lumber River Council of Governments may take the board over, Taylor said.
“I’m on the DSS board, and I haven’t been told that one time,” Herndon said.
In other news, commissioners approved giving the Board of Commissioners’ chairman the authority to declare a countywide state of emergency if needed, without the assembly of the entire board. Doing so would allow the board to begin response to emergency situations, such as Hurricane Isaias, in the future.
During Monday’s meeting, Commissioners Edge, Stephens and Oxendine said they want the board to meet in the county’s new administration building on North Chestnut Street. County Manager Kellie Blue said she would work to make that happen.
The commissioners were told the county plans to move the Robeson County Wellness Center into the old administration building on Elm Street, Blue said.
Plumbing and other issues need to be addressed before that can happen, she said. A plan for meeting in the new building will need to be sketched out and presented to commissioners.
“I would like to see that move forward, and I understand we can’t do but so much at the time,” Edge said.
Blue told the Commissioner that plans to demolish the construction of the DSS in North Carolina were blocked because the cost, $700,000, is too high at this time.
“Know that I’m actively demolishing subsidies for this,” Blue said.
The director of the county’s fitness department, Bill Smith, told commissioners that Robeson County now has the highest percentage rate of positive COVID-19 instances in the state, after overtakeing the county. American Indians in the county have the highest rate of positive results, followed by African Americans and some whites.
“He’s in this community,” Smith said. “It’s not employee paintings anymore.”
He’s worried about this school year’s students, Smith said. But, in the first place, it would never have been closed.
“We’d have known what would’ve worked and what didn’t work,” Smith said.
County Emergency Management Director Stephanie Chavis briefed the commissioners on preparations for Isaias, a tropical storm at the time the meeting started.
Chavis said residents were encouraged to shelter in place at the homes of family members or friends, because of COVID-19 restrictions that would make operations of shelters more difficult.
She said first responders were on call, but would be ordered to stand down if winds were 35 mph or more.
“They know to expect the worst during the night,” Chavis said.
The threat of tornadoes would be high Monday evening into Tuesday morning, she said.
“We could be looking at flash flooding,” she said.
Also on Monday, the Commissioners congratulated the Departmental Director of Information Technology, Terry Buchanan, on his appointment as Vice President of the National Association of Counties on the Telecommunications and Technology Steering Committee, as well as for his positions on the Art and Culture Commission and the Standing Committee on Information Technology.
In some areas, commissioners approved:
– An app to rezonate a 0.45-acre track at 242 Terry Sanford Drive in Maxton from the Residential Agricultural District to the Residential District to allow the owner, Terry Pate, to build a two-story garage.
– An application for a conditional use permit through Charles Hunt to allow the structure of a third space on approximately 2.50 acres at 102 Milestone Drive in Lumberton.
— A conditional use permit request from Herdman Ronald Revels III, of Revels Insurance Agency Inc., to clear the way for the establishment of a used car dealership at 13567 U.S. 301 North in St. Pauls.
– Adoption of the Bladen, Columbus and Robeson Regional Mitigation Plan.
– Accept $6,000 offers and 162 Summer Hill Road advertising on Lumber Bridge and a $4,000 offer plus asset advertising on Pansey Drive in Maxton
The Commissioners implemented a conditional use permit for Ronald and Jean Bruton to allow the status quo of a mechanical workshop on approximately 58.24 acres of land in North Carolina 211 West. Commissioners are asking for more documents and plan to review the request at their September meeting.
LUMBERTON – An invasion of the reported house led to the arrest of two Lumberton men.
Reco Locklear, 38, of Riley Circle, arrested Friday and charged with robbery with a harmful weapon, conspiracy to dedicate theft with a harmful weapon, attack and battery, first-degree robbery, property of a firearm through a convicted felon, unloading a gun into a compound to incite Array concern and two second-degree kidnapping charges , according to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office.
Locklear was placed in the Robeson County detention center on a $251,000 security deposit.
David Hinds Jr., 27, 63 Riley Circle, arrested Friday for the ownership of a firearm through a convicted felon, opium/heroin trafficking, property with the intention of manufacturing, selling and distributing an Annex II controlled substance and property of drugs for suites, according to the sheriff’s office.
Hinds was placed in the Detention Center under a $77,000 secured bond.
Officers responded Friday around 4:30 a.m. to a home invasion report at 616 Moss Neck Road in Lumberton, according to the sheriff’s office. During the invasion of the house, citizens were robbed at gunpoint and several shots were fired at the house.
Four adults and two young men were home at the time of the robbery. No injuries were reported.
Locklear known as one of the suspects and captured at Hinds’ house.
As deputies arrived at the residence, Locklear and others fled on foot, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Locklear was located by Robeson County Sheriff’s K-9 Axel.
Sheriff’s investigators then searched the home and seized a firearm, which led to Hinds’ arrest and the felony weapons charge.
“The investigation is ongoing and additional arrests are likely,” a Sheriff’s Office statement reads in part.
Anyone with more information on the home invasion should call the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office at 910-671-3100 or 910- 671-3170.
LUMBERTON — Forty-two new cases of COVID-19 were reported Monday by the Robeson County Health Department.
The new cases of the novel coronavirus, recorded throughout the weekend, bring Robeson County’s total for positive tests to 2,540, with 52 county residents dying after contracting the virus.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has Robeson County with an 18% positive testing rate, But certain instances skew the local percentage, the county Health Department director said.
“The drive-through testing done by the Lumbee Tribe and the Health Department generally has a 4% or 5% positivity rate,” Bill Smith said. “What is driving the higher rate are specific populations testing positive in mass, such as processing plants, long-term care facilities and prison populations.”
Of the 42 new cases, 24 were female and 18 were male. The oldest new patient is 73 years old and the youngest is 13.
The American Indians accounted for 17 of the cases, 8 were white, six African-Americans, five Hispanics, and six mentioned their race.
Twenty of the positive cases were tested at the local hospital. Seven each were tested at the Lumbee Tribe drive-through and at a hospital outside Robeson County. Six were tested at a quick-care facility, and two were tested at a private provider.
According to the county fitness department, management checks are carried out at a pharmacy in Lumberton. Driving checks for the Lumbee tribe, scheduled for Tuesday, have been postponed. Another tribal control site will be operational at Zion Hill Baptist Church in Rennert from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday and Friday.
Pre-enrollment is recommended on all sites because it speeds up the verification process, but it is not required. Information about verification sites should be on the Facebook page of each of the organizations involved.
The South East Regional Medical Center reported on Monday that 20 patients were in solitary confinement after positive for COVID-19 and that 25 workers were quarantined.
The national fitness firm reported 1,313 new COVID-19 instances on Monday, bringing the state total to 126,532 laboratory-confirmed instances. The NCDHHS also published its alleged positive weekly count of 105,093, on World Health Organization rules and the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The virus caused or contributed to the deaths of 1,982 state citizens and left 1,057 citizens hospitalized.
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