Western North Carolina

North Carolina legislators completed an initial $273 million relief package on Wednesday to help spur recovery from Hurricane Helene, desc

With many western North Carolina residents still lacking power and running water from Hurricane Helene, a hearing began Monday on the insurance industry's request to raise homeowner premium rates statewide by more than 42% on average.

Nearly a week after Hurricane Helene brought devastation to western Nor

Using heavy machinery, a New York-based crew is rushing to put up new power lines along the side of U.S. 421 that hasn't collapsed due to Hurricane Helene.

Hurricane Helene dumped trillions of gallons of water&

Rescuers fanned out across the mountains of western North Carolina on Tuesday in search of anyone still unaccounted for since 

President Joe Biden was set to survey the devastation in the mountains of Western North Carolina on Wednesday, where exhausted emergency workers continued to work around-the-clock to clear roads, r

Widespread devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene came to light Monday across the South, revealing a wasteland of splintered houses, crushed cargo containers and mud-covered highways in one of the worst storms in U.S. history. The death toll topped 125.

Several Piedmont organizations are mobilizing to support relief efforts in western North Carolina. Here’s a running list of ways to help.

A crisis unfolded in western North Carolina as officials rushed to get more water, food and other supplies to flood-stricken areas without power and cellular service Monday, three days after Hurricane Helene ripped across the U.S. Southeast. The death toll from the storm reached the triple digits.