North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein (D) asked for an extension on funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Thursday to support temporary shelters for residents who lost their

Were people displaced by Helene wrongly kicked out of hotels while still eligible for FEMA vouchers? Confusion reigns.

About 40 people gathered at Pack Square Plaza downtown at Jan. 24 to demand an extension of FEMA's Transitional Sheltering Assistance program.

Gov Ops will bring in Stein staff to talk about his new Helene recovery office, the Governor’s Recovery Office for Western North Carolina, or GROW NC, as well as the troubled N.C. Office of Recovery and Resiliency. NCORR was heavily scrutinized by Republicans during former Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration.

Gov. Josh Stein has asked FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell to extend the agency’s Transition Sheltering Assistance (TSA) program for eligible North Carolinians for an additional six months. After a presidentially-declared disaster,

FEMA has announced its decision to extend the Transitional Sheltering Assistance (TSA) program for two months, lasting through May 26, 2025.

President Donald Trump told North Carolina hurricane victims that under former President Joe Biden, the Federal Emergency Management Agency failed them in a time of crisis. Trump visited North Carolina on Jan. 24, four months after Hurricane Helene made landfall and damaged more than 73,000 homes.

North Carolina Governor Josh Stein has requested FEMA to extend the TSA program to aid residents rebuilding after a disaster, emphasizing the need for secure winter housing.

Newly appointed President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump visited Western North Carolina on Jan. 24.

Governor Stein requests $20 billion in disaster relief and extended FEMA support from President Trump during his visit to North Carolina.

At a briefing in the Asheville area, the president suggested he may sign an executive order to “begin the process of fundamentally reforming and overhauling FEMA — or maybe getting rid of FEMA.”

Josh Stein had his first interaction with President ... met Stein on the tarmac of the Asheville airport. Trump criticized FEMA’s Helene response in North Carolina, saying he wanted the states ...