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Why Is ReBuild NC involved in disaster management in western North Carolina?
Residents of Swannanoa live in campers and tents as their homes remain destroyed or uninhabitable from Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina. (Photo: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News)This article...
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NC’s hurricane homebuilding program asks for $217M as lawmakers continue...
Pryor Gibson, interim director of ReBuild NC, testifies in front of North Carolina lawmakers on the state of the hurricane homebuilding program on Jan. 30, 2025. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC...
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Bipartisan bill in Congress would fund repairs to private roads damaged by...
Repair vehicles from the North Carolina Department of Transportation repair a partially cratered road in western North Carolina amid the recovery from Hurricane Helene. (Photo: NCDOT)A bipartisan group...
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Western NC small businesses can now apply for new $30M grant program
Low-lying areas of Hendersonville Mobile Estate flooded during Hurricane Helene. (Photo: Greg Childress)Small businesses in western North Carolina impacted by Hurricane Helene can now apply for grants...
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Duke Energy promised to limit emissions at four new gas plants. It’s already...
Duke Energy’s STAR facility burns coal ash to be reused in cement in Goldsboro (Photo: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News)This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan...
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Verizon, ForgiveCo get assist from Roy Williams to announce debt forgiveness...
Retired UNC basketball coach Roy Williams (Photo: UNC.edu)More than 6,500 people in storm-ravaged western North Carolina had more than $10 million in consumer debt wiped out, thanks to Verizon and...
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Gov. Josh Stein asks NC lawmakers for another billion in Hurricane Helene aid
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein delivers his inaugural address at the Capitol Building in Raleigh on Jan. 11, 2025. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)Gov. Josh Stein is asking North Carolina lawmakers...
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Lessons learned: Lawmakers hope to avoid mistakes from the past as they...
Pryor Gibson, interim director of ReBuild NC, says western North Carolina would benefit from a more streamlined process than the one used by NCORR. (Photo: Screengrab from NCGA video)“I want them to...
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NC lawmakers weigh new aid for Hurricane Helene, drafting up $500 million in...
Repair vehicles from the North Carolina Department of Transportation repair a partially cratered road in western North Carolina amid the recovery from Hurricane Helene. (Photo: NCDOT)State lawmakers...
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Fires and floods are eviscerating US communities, intensifying the housing...
The sun rises above homes that burned in the Eaton Fire in January in Altadena, Calif. More than 12,000 structures burned in the Palisades and Eaton fires last month. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)After...
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NC House adds rental assistance, crop loss program to Helene aid bill as new...
Flooding in western North Carolina from Hurricane Helene. (Photo: David Davis, County Extension Director, N.C. Cooperative Extension)North Carolina House lawmakers added money to fund assistance for...
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House to advance Helene aid this week, with questions looming on Senate’s...
Mangled railroad tracks and damaged buildings wrought by Hurricane Helene can be seen along the French Broad River on October 3, 2024 in Marshall, North Carolina. Helene caused more than $59 billion in...
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Climate and environmental justice programs stalled by Trump freeze, despite...
U.S. President Donald Trump holds up an executive order after signing it during an indoor inauguration parade at Capital One Arena on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty...
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Trump’s cuts to federal wildfire crews could have ‘scary’ consequences
A firefighter tends to a backfire set to battle the Windy Fire on Sept. 26, 2021, south of California Hot Springs, Calif. Wildland fire officials say preparations for this year’s fire season have been...
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Months after Helene, some western NC businesses reopen — with new debt and...
Second Gear, an outdoor gear shop in Asheville, North Carolina. The store's previous building on the riverfront was destroyed during Hurricane Helene. (Photo: Courtesy of Russ Towers/Second Gear)After...
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Environmental advocates challenge FERC on MVP Southgate gas pipeline project
Workers began laying portions of the Mountain Valley Pipeline in Roanoke County, Virginia near the Blue Ridge Parkway. (Photo: Ned Oliver/Virginia Mercury)The long-simmering controversy surrounding the...
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Stein asks feds for another $19B in Helene aid, as White House plans major...
Gov. Josh Stein (right) inspects a trailer on a recent visit to western North Carolina. (Photo courtesy of the governor's office.)Gov. Josh Stein is asking President Donald Trump and Congress for...
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Massive cuts to a HUD office would slow disaster aid to hard-hit NC communities
Flood debris piles left in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Bat Cave, North Carolina. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit,...
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Local NC governments begin receiving Helene loans through new state program
Mangled railroad tracks and damaged buildings wrought by Hurricane Helene can be seen along the French Broad River on October 3, 2024 in Marshall, North Carolina. Helene caused more than $59 billion in...
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NC House passes $500M in Helene aid, $100 boost to weekly unemployment checks
North Carolina Rep. Dudley Greene (R-Avery) urges the House to support a bill sending $500 million in aid to western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene on Feb. 25, 2025. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC...
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