Editor s note: The Fayetteville Observer newsroom staff voted among dozens of stories for the top local stories of the year. We ll be counting down our top 10 every day until New Year s Eve, when we ll publish the No. 1 story of 2020.
The GenX contamination of hundreds of private wells in Bladen and Cumberland counties continued to be a major issue in 2020.
GenX is manufactured at the Chemours plant near the county line and also is a byproduct of processes there. Animal studies have linked the compound to cancer and other health issues, but it isn’t known if the effect is the same in humans.
kind. still waiting for the storm to come. this storm could pass without dramatic damage being done here. much more inland than along the coast anderson is in let s hope they do okay. we will check in with you and introduce you to tim who say local reporter here at the paper. the wilmington star news. you have been sleeping in your office. that s one way to put it. i got 1.5 to two hours of sleep. you have news on the curfew here. that s correct. they said they are instituting a curfew. the first time just to keep
wilmington, north carolina, journalist is standing by for me a senior political reporter for the wilmington star news, in storm coverage mode for the last week so politics aside there tim, you know, you tell me, you know, we ve got all these picture of people boarding up, you know, all these store fronts along the main drag there in womenlington, you tell me, are people heeding the warnings to get out of town? what s the story? well, as of today, officials with the hanover county government have told us it seems as though most people are heeding these warnings, whether it be mandatory or voluntary. you had a shelter here in wilmington already fill up the county opened three more here in wilmington along with a couple more in and around the raleigh area. so people seem to be taking this one seriously, like your previous guest versus said, the kind of storm hasn t happened in decade and decades, perhaps even since the 50. since then, we have green by
wilmington is a little bit higher. basically, what they said is if you can get out, just get out the advice is just go. can you come back and fix your house, you can t come back and fix you, if you die. i think most people are taking this one pretty seriously. tim buck lan with tland with wilmington star news. thank you for all your coverage. thank you. still ahead, president trump lacking 20 points behind robert mueller and his new poll on how they are handling the russia investigation. this as the president signs a new bill to punish those involved in the election interference, coming up next, we ll talk to a storm chaser live, who will be rideing out hurricane florence, as the clock ticks for most on the coast to evacuate while they can. we originally were going to stay, once the track changed overnight or early this morning, then we really did not feel safe if our house.