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About 23,500 of the 1.5 million customers that lost power in western North Carolina still lacked electricity on Sunday. Without it, they can’t keep medicines cold, power medical equipment or pump well water.

Vice President Kamala Harris is meeting with Black leaders in North Carolina on Saturday and will attend church in the state ahead of a rally, according to her campaign. The weekend trip is her second time in the battleground state after it was struck by Hurricane Helene.

Wake Forest canceled next year's trip to No.

Ashe Memorial Hospital was operational throughout Hurricane Helene and is in prepared to meet all health care needs in the area.

Communities in western North Carolina continue to assess the devastating damage from Helene while working to provide resources for those isolated without food and power. In addition to the latest updates, this blog contains ways to assist in those efforts.

The all-day event is designed to bring scholars, journalists and civil rights activists together on campus. Speakers will discuss the role that Historically Black Colleges and Universities have played in shaping American democracy.

Gov. Roy Cooper has signed the state's first relief package to address Hurricane Helene's devastation. The bill signed Thursday allocates $273 million for immediate needs and gives flexibility to agencies and displaced residents in western counties.

One of the two companies that manufacture high-purity quartz used for making semiconductors and other high-tech products from mines in a western North Carolina community severely damaged by