AND SUNDAY. WE’LL HAVE MORE FOR YOU COMING UP. MICHELLE. THANK YOU. LEADERS IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE ARE DEBATING THE NEXT STEPS TO HELP WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA RECOVER, MONTHS AFTER HELENE, DEVASTATED ...

TAMPA, Fla. – A major hurricane had not struck the Tampa Bay area directly in more than a century. That streak ended abruptly last year with back-to-back storms, leaving behind destruction from which ...

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In pursuit of an interesting life, he came face to face with death. In pursuit of an interesting life, he came face to face with death. A gravesite at Carolina Memorial Sanctuary in Mills River, ...

To see an exhibition of an artist’s work without having seen any reproductions or read anything about them is rare. And to encounter the paintings—masterfully installed in a major museum—and find the ...

Heavy rainfall from the remnants of Tropical Storm Helene triggered more landslides than state officials had seen in total in the two prior decades, the official in charge of mapping risk told a ...

Lynn Austin keeps running the numbers, and they don’t look good. Since Hurricane Helene devastated her community in western North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, the county government has spent ...

For Georgia farmers and timber owners devastated by Hurricane Helene, the long wait for more federal aid to trim their storm losses could soon be over. But a government shutdown could slow the money’s ...

Seventy-nine billion dollars. That’s the official estimate of the destruction left behind by Hurricane Helene as the first anniversary of the storm is marked this weekend in communities across the ...

After Hurricane Helene, morning meetings at Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, N. C. created teams for tasks from clearing roads to making meals. After Hurricane Helene, morning meetings at Warren ...

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Hurricane Helene caused extensive damage to Georgia's timber industry in September 2024, impacting millions of acres. Landowners like Ben Gillis face a long and costly recovery, with cleanup efforts ...