Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to visit East Tennessee, assess damage from Helene
Buttigieg will join TDOT officials on Thursday to check how federal agencies are supporting road rebuilding and ...
A full economic recovery in areas ravaged by Milton and Helene may happen faster than you think
The economic successes of Asheville, North Carolina and Tampa, Florida, have been the envy of many cities across the United ...
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper increases unemployment to $600 due to Helene. What to know and how to apply
Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order on Wednesday increasing the weekly maximum unemployment benefit pay from $350 to ...
Here's a list of major roadways in western North Carolina reopened, remain closed from Helene damage
NCDOT announced over 600 roads have reopened, mostly in western North Carolina. More than 600 roads still remain closed.
Tenant advocacy organizations call for 90-day ‘pause’ on evictions in disaster counties
Tenant advocacy organizations across North Carolina are calling on Gov. Roy Cooper and Chief Justice Paul Newby to enact an ...
Early voting set to begin in storm-ravaged North Carolina
The polls will open on Thursday in North Carolina - a critical battleground in the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election - just weeks after Hurricane Helene devastated the state's west, where some areas ...
As North Carolina begins voting, hurricane devastation complicates casting ballots
State officials are tracking impassable roads and contacting voters who requested absentee ballots to try to get them ...
For these North Carolina families, disaster aid may never come
Some in western North Carolina’s sizable and growing Latino population face distinct hurdles getting government aid in the ...
Helene wrecked their Western NC towns and homes. Then came the bees and fire ants
Landslide and floods from the hurricane disrupted the habitats of the stinging insects. Now there’s a surge in allergy meds ...
Opinion: Taylor Swift’s hurricane relief donation sets good example
Taylor Swift’s $5 million donation to Feeding America is very timely as foodbanks are on the frontline of hurricane relief.
Helene and Milton are both likely to be $50 billion disasters, joining ranks of most costly storms
Making those costs even more painful is that most of that damage, particularly in Helene's case, was not insured.
Amid ongoing Helene recovery, early voting set to begin in North Carolina
As North Carolinians continue to recover from the devastating impacts of Hurricane Helene, early voting begins Thursday in ...