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LUMBERTON – Forty-two new COVID-19s were reported Monday through 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 a positive rate of 18% in Robeson County, although some cases distort the local percentage, the director of the county’s fitness department said.
“Management tests conducted through the Lumbee tribe and the Department of Health have a positivity rate of 4% or 5%,” Bill Smith said. “The explanation of why the top rate is express populations with positive mass evidence, such as processing plants, long-term care services, and criminal 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-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 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.
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.”
The director of electric power services, Lamar Brayboy, said that about 3,000 consumers in the city, adding up to several businesses, had lost strength due to 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.
The body of emergency workers and other French and county application workers reported minimal or no damage to Isaias.
Isaias landed Monday night in Ocean Isle Beach, Brunswick County, as a Category 1 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center. By 6 a.m. on Tuesday, the typhoon had moved to Virginia after staying in North Carolina for about seven hours.
The typhoon’s risk prompted state-of-the-state statements from the towns of Maxton and Red Spring and Robeson County. St. Pauls imposed a curfew from 8 p.m. Monday at 6 a.m. on Tuesdays.
Maxton was lifted Tuesday at 1 p.m. and the county was rescied on 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 the winds had reached 27 mph in the city and that there had been “flooding located on the streets.”
“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 Director of Emergency Management Stephanie Chavis reported an uneventful afternoon.
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 that was about the extent, but it is always good practice for Emergency Management,” Chavis said. “Keeps us on our toes.”
According to the application company, about 270 Duke Energy consumers in Robeson County lost power. The remaining 4 consumers were readmitted on Tuesday afternoon.
Lumbee River Electric Membership Corporation reported any disruption, said Walter White, vice president of corporate services at LREMC.
“We’re lucky Array,” White said. “We’re lucky. 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 received about 1.38 inches of rain, said Rachel Zouzias, a National Weather Service meteorologist. As of 7 a.m. Tuesday, the Lumber River’s water level in Lumberton was 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 was killed and three people, including a 6-year-old boy, were injured in a vehicle crash in Maxton, according to the State Highway Patrol.
The Highway Patrol received the report of the crash near McGirt and McGirt Gin roads about 6:31 p.m. Friday, Patrol Sgt. X.S. McPherson said Tuesday.
Ericka Alexis McLean, of 932 Country Drive, died Friday after the 2013 Ford passenger car traveling east on McGirt Gin Road and operated by 25-year-old Angel Javier Dickerson, of 1787 Mitchell Court in Fayetteville, failed to yield to another driver entering the roadway from a stop sign at McGirt Road, McPherson said.
Dickerson’s car struck a 2013 Chevrolet passenger car operated by 51-year-old Joan Hunt Johnson, of 21480 McLaurin Road in Laurinburg, he said. Dickerson’s vehicle ran off the road to the left and overturned before coming to rest in a field. Johnson’s vehicle exited the road to the right.
Angel Dickerson, McLean and 6-year-old passenger Aiden Dickerson, of McLean’s address, were ejected from the vehicle, McPherson said. None of them were wearing a seat belt.
Johnson was wearing a seat belt and was not ejected from her vehicle.
Angel Dickerson was taken to UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill with serious 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. “It appears to be a yield violation.”
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 Aug. 14 at Roberts Brothers Farm, located at Howell and Ruth roads in Robeson County, according to the North Carolina Cooperative Extension-Robeson County Center.
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.
At the grower-focused field tour, Ron Heiniger will discuss high-yield corn environments, and Rachel Vann will present on investigation management practices associated with high soybean yield. There will be an optional self-guided tour and a question-and-answer session after the event.
For a list of virtual tour options, go online to https://cals.ncsu.edu/crop-and-soil-sciences/virtual-events/
For more information or more information, tap Mac Malloy by calling 910-671-3276 or emailing [email protected].
LUMBERTON – No decision was made Tuesday on whether to cancel or continue with the 74th 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 board of administrators voted Tuesday to hold cattle contests for youth. But, they’ll be virtual this year. The president of the fair, Allen Faircloth, told board members that other fairs canceled the carnivals and vendors, however, the breeding program.
“A lot of them are running the livestock shows,” Faircloth said.
The Dejarnette movement to continue judging livestock and use the cash raised from sponsors to purchase ribbons and trophies and pay the council-approved festival fees.
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 attracts tens of thousands of others to Robeson County. On Tuesday, the show’s online page featured a schedule of occasions that included the Chickin ‘Pickin’, the motorcycle circus, the chainsaw cutting, King Arthur’s pastry competitions and the contest. Jim Quick and Coastline will perform what will be Beach Music Night.
The next program board assembly is scheduled for 7 p.m. September 1
LUMBERTON – The number of instances shown from COVID-19 in Robeson County has increased through 56, the fitness branch reported on 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 reviewed 23 of the reported cases Tuesday. Seventeen were reviewed at a personal physical care provider. Six were reviewed outdoors in Robeson County and 4 at the County Health Department. Three of them were reviewed at an immediate care center and on the Lumbee Tribe driving control 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 on Hickory Road in Pembroke.
The following robberies 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.
— Stack testing of hazardous air pollutants, toxic air pollutants, and volatile organic compounds;
— Stack testing to be conducted 90 days after startup instead of 180 days;
— Facility-wide emissions to 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 United Kingdom-based forestry management company will create 50 jobs at the facility, which will house production of its CoalSwitch™ brand fuel products. AEG acquired the building and surrounding acreage from Alamac Holdings as part of a $50 million investment AEG anticipates making in Robeson County,” the posting reads in part.
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 Human Services’ Crisis Intervention Program provides assistance to qualified, low-income households who are experiencing a cooling-related crisis — or heating related crisis in the winter.
“We know that many families are recently facing new monetary difficulties as a result of COVID-19, and this program is designed to help others in crisis alleviate refrigeration or heating emergencies,” said David Locklear, Deputy Director of Economic and Family Services, Social Services Division. “North Carolina is entering its warmest months of the year and we expect eligible Americans to take advantage of this program to help their families stay healthy.”
A family is in crisis if it is living or in danger of experiencing a life-threatening emergency or related to its fitness and that cannot obtain sufficient, timely and adequate assistance from any other source, according to THE NCDHHS. A life-threatening emergency is explained as a family that does not have a heating or air conditioning source or realizes the number one heating or cooling, and the fitness or well-being of a family member would be in jeopardy if the heating or air conditioning crisis was not relieved.
The Energy Programs Application form is available for download at https://epass.nc.gov for applicants to print and mail, fax, scan or drop off at a local DSS office after completion. Applications may also be made by calling the county Department of Social Services or at county departments of social services offices, through June 30, 2021, while the funds are available. Households are individually evaluated by county departments of social services staff to determine whether there is a heating or cooling crisis. Benefits for families may vary, depending on the amount needed to alleviate the crisis.
To be eligible, a household must have at least one person who meets certain criteria, including being income eligible, and have a heating or cooling related emergency. Full eligibility details are available 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 approved Raymond Cummings’ motion to have the commissioners oversee the governing bodies of the county’s Social Services and Health departments. The vote means the two boards will now act as advisory panels and the Board of Commissioners will make final decisions on matters related to the departments.
Board of Commissioners Chairman Lance Herndon and Commissioners Pauline Campbell and Jerry Stephens voted against Cummings’ motion. Vice Chairman Faline Dial and Commissioners David Edge, Tom Taylor, Roger Oxendine, and Raymond Cummings cast yes votes.
“I think that’s too great of a project to do on the telephone,” Commissioner Jerry Stephens said.
Campbell tried to make a motion to table Cumming’s motion until the next meeting after more information could be gathered, but her motion failed because his had already passed.
“I don’t think it’s fair, ” said Stephens.
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 didn’t expect to make that decision,” Herndon said. “I’m not for that.”
The resolution had been discussed through the Board of Commissioners for approximately two years, with the concept that the Lumber River Governing Council could take over, Taylor said.
“I’m a member of the DSS board of directors, and I haven’t said it once,” 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.
Commissioners were informed that the county planned to move the Robeson County Wellness Center to the former administrative construction 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 tear down the DSS building on N.C. 72 have stalled because the cost, $700,000, is too high, for now.
“Please know that I am actively seeking some demolition grants for that,” 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 what worked and what didn’t,” 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 citizens were encouraged to take refuge on the site with a circle of family or friends due to COVID-19 restrictions that would hinder shelter operations.
She said first responders were on call, but would be ordered to stand down if winds were 35 mph or more.
“They know how to expect the worst of the night, ” said Chavis.
The risk of tornadoes would be higher from Monday afternoon to Tuesday morning, he 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.
— A request for a conditional use permit by Charles Hunt to allow a third home to be built on about 2.50 acres at 102 Milestone Drive in Lumberton.
– An application for a conditional use permit from Revels Insurance Agency Inc.’s Herdman Ronald Revels III to pave the way for a used car dealership’s status quo 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 — A reported home invasion has 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 under a $251,000 secured bond.
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.
Deputies responded Friday about 4:30 a.m. to a report of a home invasion at 616 Moss Neck Road in Lumberton, according to the Sheriff’s Office. During the home invasion, residents were robbed at gunpoint and multiple shots were fired inside the home.
Four adults and two children were in the home at the time of the robbery. No injuries were reported.
Locklear was identified as one of the suspects, and was captured at Hinds’ home.
When officers arrived at the residence, Locklear and others fled on foot, according to the sheriff’s office. Locklear is located near the K-9 Axel of the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office.
Sheriff’s investigators then searched the space and took a firearm, leading to Hinds’ arrest and firearms charges.
“The investigation is ongoing and additional arrests are likely,” a Sheriff’s Office statement reads in part.
Anyone with more information about the invasion of the house calls the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office at 910-671-3100 or 910-671-3170.
LUMBERTON – Forty-two new COVID-19s were reported Monday through 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 a positive rate of 18% in Robeson County, although some cases distort the local percentage, the director of the county’s fitness department 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.
American Indians accounted for 17 of the cases, eight were white, six were African American, five were Hispanic and six did not list 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 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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