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David Crockett Birthplace State Park has remained closed since Hurricane Helene struck the region — and for good reason. State park ranger Thomas Batchelor, who oversees ...
Officials from the Governor's Recovery Office for Western North Carolina and N.C. Emergency Management were speaking in front ...
South Carolina's Chief Resilience Officer Ben Duncan notes Hurricane Helene affected almost half of the state and as we ...
With lessons learned from the failed hurricane recovery office of the last gubernatorial administration, lawmakers on ...
Hise, who is from Spruce Pine, a town hit hard by Helene, and other participants in the hearing agreed that the removal effort touches on safety, not just cosmetics. Downed trees and other wreckage ...
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Blue Ridge Community College (BRCC) has been awarded $500,000 from the Lowes Foundation. The ...
When the fury of Helene came crashing into Western North Carolina in late September 2024, it brought with it floodwaters from ...
Leaders with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy said more than 430 miles of trail were closed due to damage sustained during ...
Recovery officials say they've removed more than 14 million cubic yards of debris from western North Carolina. That's enough ...
The federal government has awarded the state just $3.8 billion for Helene recovery, 6% of the nearly $60 billion in damage the state sustained.
As the area is still devastated, recovery is the next step. This won’t be fixed overnight, and it will take a long time for ...
The restoration process has been a collaboration between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Ashbritt and local contractors.