Officials from the Governor's Recovery Office for Western North Carolina and N.C. Emergency Management were speaking in front ...

With lessons learned from the failed hurricane recovery office of the last gubernatorial administration, lawmakers on ...

When the fury of Helene came crashing into Western North Carolina in late September 2024, it brought with it floodwaters from ...

Buncombe County’s unemployment rate remained steady in June, according to figures released Wednesday by the North Carolina ...

Western North Carolina won’t be forgotten, and funding will come to help with Hurricane Helene and its estimated $60 billion ...

Local officials report crowds disrupting flood recovery efforts, raising new questions about managing public access, privacy ...

Baxter International cut its 2025 profit forecast on Thursday, while quarterly earnings missed analysts' estimates due to the ...

One of the marks of a great Southern small town is a bookstore. While walking around downtown Canton, you’ll spot Blue Moon ...

As Helene became a Category 1 hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico — more than 500 miles and 30 hours away from where it would eventually make landfall in Florida — western North Carolina was ...

Hurricanes have gotten larger and wetter because of climate change and inland communities are at greater risk from heavy flooding. That's what Hurricane Helene did to western North Carolina last year.

Heavy rains from Hurricane Helene caused record flooding and damage on Sept. 28, 2024 in Asheville, North Carolina. Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images ...

Climate change and a predecessor event made Hurricane Helene a "perfect storm." Hurricane Helene caused unprecedented devastation in Western North Carolina, with 40 trillion gallons of rain making ...