Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. As western North Carolina residents continue to wait for relief in the wake of ...

Hurricane Helene caused 49 deaths and over $370 million in damage in South Carolina. United Way of Greenville County raised over $2.2 million for a community relief fund. The organization distributed ...

No applications for homeowner buyouts and disaster mitigation funding through the Federal Emergency Management Agency have been approved since Tropical Storm Helene hit Western North Carolina a year ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. North Carolina recently recognized the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Helene. While ...

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Taylor Swift may be in the “Life of a Showgirl” stage of her career, but she’s still in the process of saying goodbye to her last era. The “Fate of Ophelia” singer set not one, but two new projects at ...

OLD FORT, N.C. — Morning mist is still burning off the surrounding mountains when they appear: Small groups of helmeted riders on one-wheeled, skateboard-like contraptions, navigating the pitched ...

Verizon is teaming up with former UNC basketball coach Roy Williams to erase $5 million in consumer debt for thousands of North Carolinians who continue to recover from devastation caused by Hurricane ...

Cara Bradshaw, executive director of the long-term recovery group FWRD Transylvania, told the Brevard City Countil it would take at least a decade to recover process from Tropical Storm Helene. City ...

Despite uncertainties with the federal government shutdown, Helene recovery work will continue on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Three popular visitor facilities on the parkway will remain open for through ...

Last year, the Haunted Farm, a popular Halloween attraction outside of Hendersonville, was heavily damaged in Tropical Storm Helene and lost its entire season. “That was a hard hit” and it’s taken the ...

A new Elvis Presley concert film, directed by Baz Luhrmann and featuring a trove of previously unreleased footage and recordings, is set to hit theaters in 2026, Variety reports. EPiC: Elvis Presley ...