Helene reshaped much of western North Carolina’s landscape, rerouting rivers and felling large swaths of forests. Aerial ...

The wildfire, named the Crooked Creek Fire, ignited near the town of Old Fort, which was impacted by Hurricane Helene last ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. – At least three wildfires have ignited near North Carolina towns that were devastated by Hurricane Helene. As of Thursday morning, the Crooked Creek Fire in McDowell ...

Governor Josh Stein visits Boone to make an announcement regarding supporting small business recovery after Hurricane Helene.

Just because you don’t see somebody in a FEMA shirt walking on the streets the day after a disaster doesn’t mean FEMA is not ...

Hurricane Helene triggered more than 2,000 landslides, hazardous spills, and infrastructure failures in North Carolina.

North Carolina's McDowell County, still recovering from the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, is facing yet another natural disaster in the form of wildfires. Old Fort, a town of roughly 800 ...

An army of trucks finally descended on the state four months after it was battered by Hurricane Helene ... In its place, North Carolina power company Duke Energy installed a temporary substation ...

OLD FORT, N.C. (WLOS) — Just a few months after the area was ravaged by Hurricane Helene, an "out of control" wildfire in the western North Carolina town of Old Fort prompted evacuation orders ...

A heartbroken owner gave up her dogs after Hurricane Helene slammed North Carolina. While Bella the dog is settling into a ...

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Money from the program will be used by nonprofit groups to help rebuild small businesses, housing and infrastructure in 39 ...