North Carolina Emergency Management and FEMA opened the recovery center located at the Carteret County Board of Elections at 1702 Live Oak St. in Beaufort.
The state budget still awaiting Gov. Pat McCrory's signature doesn't do enough for education or state retirees, two area Democrats running for legislative office this fall said Friday. Brownie Futrell and Sam Davis also said the Republican-dominated Legislature also didn't do nearly enough to change House Bill 2, North Carolina's nationally controversial "bathroom law."