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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 

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As western North Carolina grapples with the devastation of Hurricane Helene, school districts across the state have stepped up to help out. For one teacher in Guilford County, the disaster is personal. 

Isolated and without electricity or phone service since Hurricane Helene in

Economic factors including a lack of affordable housing, child care issues and stagnant wages had more than doubled the number of people the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina and its partners served in the last two years.

Two North Carolina facilities that manufacture the high-purity quartz used for making semiconductors, solar panels and fiber-optic cables have been shut down by 

Hurricane Helene has caused significant damage to Watauga County homes, roads and buildings. Schools have been closed this week as a result, but it may be a long time before some of them reopen. 

Days after Helene swept through western North Carolina leaving a path of destruction in its wake, many are still without power.

On Monday, the North Carolina State Board of Elections held an emergency meeting to adopt a resolution allowing officials in counties slammed by Helene to reschedule stat

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.