With heavy rainfall expected in the mountains in the coming days, it begs the question: How is infrastructure in Western ...

A section of Interstate 40 in western North Carolina that collapsed during Hurricane Helene’s historic flooding will reopen ...

The Secretary of Homeland Security stopped in Asheville to get an update on water and recovery efforts and to follow up on families recovering through the FEMA ...

Chris Cooper, a political science professor at Western Carolina University, feels that if there’s any place Democrats and Republicans can come together this session, it’s on Hurricane Helene recovery ...

Trump, right, with a cross memento during the former president’s tour of damage caused in Swannanoa, NC area by Hurricane Helene on Monday, October 21, 2024. JEFF SINER jsiner@charlotteobserver ...

NEWPORT, Tennessee — Newport business owners said more cars are traveling downtown after Hurricane Helene, and that increased traffic is turning potential customers away. Candace Campbell owns a ...

With freezing temperatures and some people still without a roof over their heads or heat to keep them warm, many people in western NC are still suffering. Hurricane Helene ripped through the state ...

Survivors of Hurricane ... had,” West said. “Didn’t even have a brush for like three days.” Pastor Ramona Nix said she had only dedicated her Eagle Rock Church a week before Helene swept ...

On a visit Friday to Hurricane Helene-ravaged Western North Carolina, President Donald Trump called for the potential elimination of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA’s role is to ...

Other than that, we're very happy with them." The comment, made during a briefing on the monthslong recovery from Hurricane Helene, was the latest signal of how Trump is planning sweeping changes ...