First Alert Traffic: Overnight closures coming highway in NC for Helene repair
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) said it will conduct overnight closures on one highway in North ...
Two Triad non-profits are partnering to help WNC
Two organizations from the Triad are continuing the effort to help. Re4him out of Greensboro and Emission-Air based in ...
Henderson County teacher named 2025 Chick-fil-A Leader Academy Teacher of the Year
A Henderson County Public Schools teacher was named 2025 Chick-fil-A Leader Academy Teacher of the Year.Sue Moon, a teacher ...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Trump and Vance Loudly Berate Zelensky in Oval Office
President Trump will host President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine at the White House on Friday to seal an agreement handing ...
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New Helene bill has ‘good things.’ Just one problem: It falls short of the need.
If passed, House Bill 47 — a $500 million funding package — would address several critical areas of Helene-related recovery in Western NC.
People in Shore Acres still living in limbo 5 months after Hurricane Helene
People in St. Petersburg's Shore Acres neighborhood are still living in limbo five months after Hurricane Helene.
How Chinese-manufactured DJI drone ban hinders Kingsport Fire Department’s search and rescue efforts
The Kingsport Fire Department (KFD) currently uses a DJI drone to assist in many search and rescue efforts, and it proved ...
After thousands terminated from US Forest Service, some WNC-based staff are reinstated
Some Western North Carolina U.S. Forest Service employees who were fired in a dramatic purge of federal workers have had ...
After Helene, NC restaurants struggle, but one barbecue business found its footing
A popular food truck, Ben’s Backdraft Barbecue, is expanding with a new brick-and-mortar location off of Interstate 40.
What Helene’s more than 2,000 landslides can teach us about how and where to rebuild
Standing along Dix Creek Road, even five months after Helene’s wrath, the storm’s left a lasting scar on the mountainside.
Judge orders rescission of OPM memos directing agencies to fire probationary employees
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to rescind memos that directed agencies across the federal government to fire probationary employees, finding they were ...