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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.
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.
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 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 customers in Lumberton experienced power outages Monday evening into early Tuesday morning, but the bulk was not related to Hurricane Isaias.
“The only strange thing that happened was around 6 p.m. when a lot of the city lost power,” said Bill French, director of Lumberton’s Emergency Services. “The storm hadn’t even got here yet.”
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’s declaration was lifted Tuesday at 1 p.m., and the county declaration was rescinded Tuesday.
The Red Springs order will remain in place to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, but the order imposes no restrictions on the public, Town Manager David Ashburn said.
About 500 storm-related outages occurred Monday night into early Tuesday morning, but all power was restored by about 5 a.m. Tuesday, Brayboy said. Most of the outages came from damage to a major circuit and power lines downed by falling tree limbs.
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 damages as a result of the storm, and the N.C. Department of Transportation reported no road closures, Chavis said. Emergency Operations Center personnel are back to operating at normal status.
“Thank God for the magnitude, however, it’s still a smart practice for emergency management,” Chavis said. “Keep us alert.”
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 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 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 was expected to crest at about 12 feet Wednesday, a foot below the 13-foot flood stage.
“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 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 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 meeting because of COVID-19 concerns. The meeting will be broadcast and can be accessed by going online to 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 because of government regulations restricting the number of participants at outdoor gatherings, according to Cooperative Extension. Participation will be limited to only the people who register. Participants can register at 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 “expects an additional recommendation from the governor (Roy Cooper) on the coVID situation of the state,” said Shea Dejarnette, a 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 youth breeding exhibits will still be held at Raleigh Exhibition Park in October, with a proper social distance. There may also be more driving opportunities where motorists can buy food sold through North Carolina 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 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 farm animal contest will be held in such a way that young people can make video recordings of their animals, Dejarnette said. Recordings will be viewed remotely through the 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 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Robeson County has increased by 56, the local Health Department reported Tuesday.
The new cases bring to 2,596 the number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Robeson County since the first positive case was reported March 21. Fifty-two cases have 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 Indian, 14 were Hispanic, 13 African American, and two were white. Eleven of the case reports did not record 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 Pérez, 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;
— Stack testing to be conducted 90 days after startup instead of 180 days;
– Emissions at the point of installation shall be reported every six months;
— Feedstock to be limited to 50% softwood.
“The testing and reporting conditions will be used to confirm the facility is operating as represented in the permit application, meeting the thresholds of the small facility permit category and in compliance with the terms of the permit. Stack testing data will be made publicly available,” a DEQ release reads in part.
The final permit, final permit review, hearing officer’s report, director’s memo, and environmental justice report are available on the department’s webpage at https://deq.nc.gov/Active-Energy.
The permit was issued in the wake of a June 22 digital public hearing. The permit was challenged by residents concerned the operation would damage the surrounding environment and leak pollutants into the Lumber River.
Active Energy Group PLC acquired a 415,000-square-foot on building on Alamac Road in Lumberton that will be the U.S. base of its biomass processing operations, according to an April 2019 posting 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 — Funding is now available to help North Carolina residents in crisis pay cooling or heating bills or secure 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 take control of two county agencies’ governing boards.
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 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 on the DSS board, and I haven’t been told that one time,” Herndon said.
In other news, the commissioners approved the granting to the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the authority to claim a state of emergency of the county if necessary, without the meeting of the entire council. This would allow the council to begin responding to emergencies, 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 disorders want to be addressed before this can happen, he said. An assembly plan on the new construction shall be defined and submitted to the commissioners.
“I’d like to see that breakthrough, and I sense we still can’t do as many things 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 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 the first to respond were on duty, they would be ordered to retire if the 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 can just flash floods,” he 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.
– 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.
— Accepting bids of $6,000 and the cost of advertising for 162 Summer Hill Road in Lumber Bridge and a bid for $4,000 plus the cost of advertising for a property on Pansey Drive in Maxton
The commissioners tabled a conditional use permit request from Ronald and Jean Bruton to allow the establishment of a mechanic shop on about 58.24 acres of land on N.C. 211 West. Commissioners asked to see more paperwork and plan to revisit the request during 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.
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 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 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 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.
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.
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