Money for renters, town business districts added to NC lawmakers’ Helene bill
For months, small businesses have urged lawmakers to provide grants instead of loans for small businesses, but the bill stops ...
NCDOT sets new date for reopening I-40 in Western North Carolina after Helene
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy pledges federal support to fully rebuild the highway through the Pigeon River Gorge ...
Helene: Limited I-40 reopening could be within a month
Interstate 40, a key commerce route from North Carolina to California, could reopen in a limited manner in about a month, U.S ...
Post-Helene Asheville: Here's where Afar magazine's cofounders suggest visiting
The list included eateries like Chestnut and Ukiah, hotels including The Radical and The Restoration and more.
How photos lost in American disasters find their way home, with a little help from people who care
In the wake of deadly disasters, communities across the United States have banded together to search for lost photographs ...
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The way hurricanes kill is changing. Helene shows how
A close analysis of Helene’s fatalities shows how major storms are taking lives in unexpected ways, and how the deadly ...
Where will Helene relief money go? NC House lawmakers fill out details of $500M plan
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein is proposing $1.07 billion for Hurricane Helene relief. State House leaders reviewed a ...
Helene: More than 5,800 households totally displaced
Nearly 5,800 households in North Carolina were totally displaced by Hurricane Helene, and more than 2,400 are utilizing ...
Trump calls for ‘termination’ of FEMA, says states should own disaster relief
FEMA should be terminated. It has been slow and totally ineffective,” Individual states should handle storms, etc., as they ...
Haywood County residents brace for rain, recall Helene's impact on infrastructure
While nowhere near the scale of Helene, a heavy rain prediction has many scrambling to be prepared. That includes Haywood ...
Helene: Questions swirl on relief money, $59M to migrants in luxury hotels
Four federal workers were confirmed fired Tuesday, less than 24 hours after Elon Musk revealed that the government gave $59 ...
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NC lawmakers approve Helene relief funding plan to help survivors, rebuild in WNC
House Bill 47, also known as the Disaster Recovery Act of 2025 - Part I, increases the total allocated funding plan for Helene recovery to more than $1 billion that state lawmakers have already ...