A Lenoir man has been arrested on felony drug and firearm violations.

25-year-old Zachery George Stephenson of 1917 Norwood Street was charged with trafficking in meth and possession of a stolen firearm.

A release from the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office states a search was conducted at 3450 Evanbrook Court in Lenoir where Stephenson was found to be hiding 90 grams of methamphetamine inside a dresser drawer.

The stolen 9 millimeter pistol was also discovered.

Stephenson was jailed under a 75-thousand-dollar secured bond.

According to state drug guidelines, the meth that was located has a street value of more than 13-thousand dollars.



State lawmakers on Monday allocated $793 million in additional Hurricane Florence relief funding.

The legislature's total committment to disaster recovery since the storm is $850 million.

For comparison, after Hurricane Matthew, the legislature appropriated $200 million two months after the storm.

With this latest action, the General Assembly has allocated over $1.2 billion for hurricane recovery since 2016.

Meanwhile, reports show the effects of Hurricane Michael have negatively impacted apple and pumpkin crops in western NC.

A farmer in Henderson County reports the weather was already too wet and hot, then Michael made matters worse for the area.

Growers are battling late summer apple-disease due to the rain and unseasonably warm days.

And with Halloween only weeks away, let’s not forget about the pumpkins.

After harvest, farmers are seeing rotting problems due to continued wet conditions.

One pumpkin grower reports losing about 25-percent of her pumpkin crop due to weather conditions; although the cooler temps are causing people to flock to the pumpkin fields prompting a boost in business in the last few days.