Flooding triggered by Hurricane Helene hit a Baxter International plant in North Cove that makes much of the country’s supply of sterile intravenous, or IV, fluids, which are also used by some patients on home […]
CHIMNEY ROCK VILLAGE — The stone tower that gave this place its name was nearly a half billion years in the making — heated and thrust upward from deep in the Earth, then carved and […]
ASHEVILLE — A well-known Asheville musical tradition returned last Friday night, a sign of hopefulness a week after Helene battered the mountain city. The Asheville Drum Circle had its first regular Friday night session since […]
While hospitals and health care organizations in the Southeast largely stayed open and functioning during Hurricane Helene to provide essential care for their communities, they were not unscathed. The massive system battered the region’s health […]
VILAS — Brad Farrington pulls over to grab a case of water bottles being passed out in Vilas, a small rural community tucked away in the Blue Ridge Mountains. He’s on his way to help […]
As things go with any hurricane, you pray the paths that are projected aren’t accurate, that they’ll fizzle out at sea with no harm done to life and land, and that at the end of […]
CHARLOTTE — Vice President Kamala Harris pledged ongoing federal support and praised the “heroes among us” as she visited North Carolina on Saturday in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, her second trip in four days […]
RALEIGH — The General Assembly approved a $273 million dollar Hurricane Helene relief package that leadership says will just be the first of many to come as recovery efforts from the storm are likely to […]
RALEIGH — The North Carolina State Board of Elections unanimously passed a resolution directed at facilitating voting for certain counties impacted by Hurricane Helene during a meeting on Oct. 7. “We may have to bring […]
RALEIGH — State Superintendent Catherine Truitt laid out the Department of Public Instruction’s legislative asks related to Hurricane Helene at the monthly meeting of the NC State Board of Education last week. “Just reflecting on […]
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