Martha Waggoner, Author at Greenfield Recorder

Members of the Civil Air Patrol load cars with MREs, (Meals Ready To Eat) water and tarps at distribution area in Wilmington, N.C. Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

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‘Nightmare that won’t end’: Storm evacuees can’t return yet

by Chuck Burton Associated Press, and Martha Waggoner Associated PressSeptember 18, 2018

WILMINGTON, N.C. — Hundreds of people waited in long lines for water and other essentials Tuesday in Wilmington, still mostly cut off by high water days after Hurricane Florence unleashed epic floods, and North Carolina’s governor pleaded with more…

FILE - This Sept. 19, 2017, file photo, shows a Confederate monument honoring Henry Lawson Wyatt at the state Capitol in Raleigh, N.C. A North Carolina historical commission decided Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018, that this Confederate monument and two others should remain on the state Capitol grounds with newly added context about slavery, weighing in less than two days after another rebel statue was torn down by protesters at the state’s flagship university. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

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N.C. will keep 3 Confederate monuments at Capitol

by Martha Waggoner Associated Press, and Gary D. Robertson Associated PressAugust 22, 2018

A man walks across a road damaged by floodwaters caused by rain from Hurricane Matthew in Fayetteville, N.C., Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016. Hurricane Matthew's torrential rains triggered severe flooding in North Carolina on Sunday as the deteriorating storm made its exit to the sea, and thousands of people had to be rescued from their homes and cars. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

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Rescues and worry after Matthew inundates N.C.

by Martha Waggoner Associated Press, and Allen Breed Associated PressOctober 9, 2016