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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Gov. Josh Stein called urgently for over $1 billion in state funding to help with Hurricane Helene recovery across western ...

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

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 ...

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

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina officials charged with leading recovery efforts in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene — as well as parts of eastern North Carolina still struggling ...

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