WNC is often celebrated for its natural beauty, but floodwaters from Hurricane Helene had a devastating impact on the mountains and the local community.

Many local businesses depend on a summer tourist season. Some say the recent reopening of I-40 is the latest piece to ...

Verizon teamed up with ForgiveCo to eliminate $10 million in debt for 6,500 North Carolinians recovering from Hurricane ...

Hurricane Helene hit the Western North Carolina region on Sep. 27, causing extensive damage and triggering over 2,000 landslides.

Dry weather to kick off March helped spark and spread hundreds of wildfires throughout North Carolina and South Carolina ...

It’s not just trash,” says Jill Holtz as she searches through acres of land in Swannanoa, North Carolina, devastated by Hurricane Helene last September. She has made it her personal mission to find ...

The interstate in western North Carolina that was washed out by Hurricane Helene opened to one lane in each direction over ...

A small business in downtown Newport, Simpl Cafe, has officially reopened after enduring a series of challenges over the years.

A pair of Florida Democrats are pushing legislation to make it easier for people to vote after a natural disaster. Sen. Tina ...

In early February, Holtz combed through parts of a flattened cornfield in Swannanoa, North Carolina — a rural area razed by fierce floodwaters from Hurricane Helene a few months earlier. The deluge ...

After Hurricane Milton, FEMA approved more than $252 million in assistance to more than 174,000 households and $631 million ...

A stretch of Interstate 40 through the western North Carolina mountains was set to reopen to traffic over the weekend, months after Hurricane Helene's historic flooding collapsed portions of the road.