Rylee Wilson/Becker’s CVS Health will lay off 416 employees at Aetna’s headquarters in Hartford, Conn. In a WARN notice filed Oct. 6, the company said 93 employees work at the facility in Hartford. The other employees work remotely in several states and report to the facility. Most of the layoffs are effective Dec. 7. In […]
Wilmington continues to fare well in a worldwide ranking of container-port efficiency, albeit not as well in the latest version as it did a year ago. Issued in July and compiled with help from analysts at S&P Global Market Intelligence, the World Bank’s 2023 Container Port Performance Index pegged Wilmington as the world’s 81st most […]
Duke Energy is warning that some of its customers in Western North Carolina could be without electricity “for an extended period of time.” The utility says “the vast majority” of those “who can receive power” should get it back by midnight Tuesday. Others should see a restoration of service “within a week,” but there’s a […]
The Mountain BizWorks nonprofit in Asheville is creating a small business lending program to assist recovery from Hurricane Helene, with $7.5 million funded by the Golden LEAF Foundation. The program entails bridge loans of as much as $100,000. They’re aimed at “providing critical relief to small businesses impacted by Hurricane Helene,” House Speaker Tim Moore said. “Small businesses […]
Jay Price/WUNC Radio Early in the morning at the National Guard aviation facility in Salisbury, North Carolina, big fork trucks moved among rows of hulking Chinook transport choppers and smaller, more nimble Black Hawks. They loaded the helicopters with FEMA pallets of bottled water and emergency meals. Meanwhile, National Guard air crews — including those […]
Jeff Brady & Liz Baker/WFAE Radio It’s election season, so maybe it’s no surprise that the federal response to damage in Hurricane Helene’s wake is a hot topic, especially on social media. However, some of the conspiracies, misinformation, and rumors that circulate are extraordinary. Enough so that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is addressing […]
Paul Woolverton/CityView Western Fayetteville residents whose private lakes and dams were damaged or destroyed in Hurricane Matthew in 2016 may continue their lawsuit over their losses against the City of Fayetteville, the N.C. Court of Appeals said in a ruling issued Tuesday. Superior Court William R. Pittman in 2023 had ordered their case dismissed. The […]
Moss Brennan/Watauga Democrat Officials in Watauga County are asking for a “pause” on unscheduled deliveries as they get organized with everything currently in the community. “We just want to start this off by saying thank you for the tremendous outpouring of support (and) monetary donations that you have shown our area over this last week […]
Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline In 2018, weeks after Hurricane Florence devastated coastal North Carolina, state lawmakers returned to Raleigh to approve almost $800 million total in emergency relief. Now, faced with unprecedented flooding and damage to the west from Hurricane Helene, the legislature appears set to do something very similar. The storm has resulted in more […]
Jake Bittle/Grist Even as the full scale of devastation in the mountainous regions of North Carolina and Tennessee remains unknown, it’s clear that Hurricane Helene is one of the deadliest and most destructive storms in recent U.S. history. As of Friday, the storm had caused at least 180 deaths and destroyed or damaged many thousands […]
Shaquira Speaks/Queen City News A Boone couple’s home is one of thousands destroyed by a landslide caused by Hurricane Helene. Just days after the storm hit, their insurance company canceled their homeowner’s policy — despite the couple not having landslide coverage or the company even selling it. Now the couple is hoping to raise money […]
Emily Vespa/NC Health News While Helene tore through Boone, 20-year-old Mya McClarty braved the heavy downpour to get back to her apartment for her cat, Matcha. Floodwaters forced her to watch from higher ground as the muddy water swirled around her first floor apartment. She had slept at her partner’s place the night before, not […]
Christopher Miller/Independent Tribune With Cabarrus County expected to continue being one of the fastest-growing counties in the state, having adequate capacity for wastewater, which is the lifeblood of the county, is absolutely critical. To prepare for the future, the Water and Sewer Authority of Cabarrus County (WSACC), which operates the Rocky River Regional Wastewater Treatment […]
Chantal Allam/The News & Observer Two tenants have leased 31,659 square feet of Class A ”top-of-the-line” office space at the Bank of America Tower in Raleigh’s North Hills. The newly inked deals include a new “large-footprint tenant” and a renewal and expansion of an existing tenant inside the 18-story, mixed-use building along Six Forks Road […]
Meanwhile, officials at Asheville’s Mission Hospital say they continue to “have the staff and resources” to treat all patients arriving via ambulance or through the emergency room. That’s in part because the hospital and its corporate parent, HCA Healthcare, are trucking in more than 200,000 gallons of water a day to replace what it’s not […]
