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Western NC towns face infrastructure woes as Hurricane Helene's impact lingers
I'M GOING TO FIGHT FOR IT': LOCAL BUSINESSES STRUGGLE TO RECOVER 6 MONTHS AFTER HELENE Mayor of Maggie Valley Mike Eveland ...
Flooding revisits Waynesville neighborhood as residents call for more preventive measures
Following some heavy rainfall Monday, Richland Creek in Waynesville overflowed its banks and briefly flooded a neighborhood ...
'Our top priority': NC attorney general launches new initiative to fight post-Helene scams
North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced on Monday the new "Safe to Rebuild" initiative, which aims to crack ...
NC Attorney General promises to 'prioritize' prosecuting post-Helene fraud, scams in WNC
From swatting, law enforcement spoofing, FEMA impersonation and fraud, here's what NC's Attorney General had to say about ...
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People on the streets. Or in trailers. Or tents. It all points to a post-Helene housing crisis in Western NC.
With 1,500 evictions filed since Tropical Storm Helene, 100,000 housing units damaged or destroyed and an ever-growing number ...
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NC's FEMA aid extension for Hurricane Helene recovery denied
In a post on X, Governor Josh Stein said he heard about the news while in Newland, a community devastated by Hurricane Helene. He said the need in Western North Carolina is still immense. “ ...
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Western NC towns face infrastructure woes as Hurricane Helene’s impact lingers
The heavy rainfall earlier this week in Haywood County led to a broken main sewer line, with causes dating back to Helene. Mayor of Maggie Valley Mike Eveland said the hurricane realigned Jonathan ...
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NC Attorney General promises to 'prioritize' prosecuting post-Helene fraud, scams in WNC
WAYNESVILLE - After meeting ... FBI warns of scam texts impersonating NC Quick Pass After a mass number of nonprofits sprung forth from Helene’s devastation, Haywood County Sheriff Bill Wilke ...