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KRAWIEC: Seeing is believing
I had seen all the videos and looked at many photos, but all of these visuals did not prepare me for what I saw last week on a trip to the storm-ravaged areas of western […]
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Safety tips for boil water advisories
As a mother of two, Robin Funsten knows it’s impossible to bathe her 2-year-old without getting water in the toddler’s mouth. But she’s never had to worry about that until recently. A month after deadly […]
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In Asheville, HS seniors make key life choices under the stress of Helene recovery
ASHEVILLE — On a recent Friday, Ari Cohen and three friends — all seniors at Asheville High School — gathered to play UNO inside his house, next to a pile of bottled water in his […]
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More than 4.2M used early voting in NC
RALEIGH — North Carolinians cast more than 4.2 million votes during the state’s early voting period, beating the state’s previous early voting record in 2020 of over 3.6 million. “I am proud of all of […]
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Leeth and Emily Davis: We the people of Ashe County
Former state Sen. Deanna Ballard has seen firsthand the devastation of Hurricane Helene and will be telling the recovery stories from western North Carolina for North State Journal. As the floodwaters receded in the wake […]
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NCGA passes $644M more in Helene relief
RALEIGH — Both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly unanimously passed a second round of Hurricane Helene relief funding on Oct. 24. Senate Bill 743, retitled “The Disaster Recovery Act of 2024 — Part […]
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Combs, Church raise $24M for western NC relief
CHARLOTTE — Before Luke Combs took the stage last weekend at Bank of America Stadium, he was thinking of his childhood. At age 8, Combs’ family moved from Huntersville, near Charlotte, to Asheville. Combs asked […]
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After Helene, Biltmore Estate plans Nov. 2 reopening
Biltmore Estate will soon reopen after being forced to close when floodwaters pushed by Hurricane Helene devasted the area. The popular tourist destination announced over the weekend that they plan to open and “celebrate the […]
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Artists from NC and beyond line up for western North Carolina
Within moments of photos, videos and reports of Hurricane Helene’s unforgiving destruction to western North Carolina began to circulate, musical artists from North Carolina and the country at large started planning. An area so vibrant […]
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NC Fast Facts: NC maker of high-purity quartz back operating post-Helene
SPRUCE PINE — 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 Hurricane Helene has resumed […]