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10. ‘Environmental injustice’?
Tyler Davis/The (Henderson) Daily Dispatch Kerr Lake Solar, a nearly 600-acre installation planned for White Farm Lane near Bullocksville, has...
1. Federal flood maps underestimated risk in areas hit hardest by Hurricane Helene
Kevin Crowe, Shannon Osaka & John Muyskens/The Washington Post The federal government’s flood maps, which are used nationwide to signal...
2. Two weeks later. Taking stock of storm recovery across Western NC, county-by-county
Carolina Public Press For much of Western North Carolina, there was everything that happened before Sept. 27 when Helene swept...
3. Decade after backing climate science denial law, Rouzer seeks to restructure FEMA disaster funding
Peter Castagno/Port City Daily Rep. David Rouzer and Sen. Thom Tillis are seeking to restructure federal aid for catastrophic storms...
4. With no running water, Asheville finds other ways to flush thousands of toilets
Joel Rose & Rolando Arrieta/WFAE Radio At a public housing complex, volunteers knock on apartment doors offering assistance with an...
5. Fall’s fate in limbo: merchants fear ‘don’t visit’ message will be hard to unwind
Becky Johnson/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer The tourism industry that relies on the fall leaf season to sustain it through the leaner...
6. Copyright law violation? Mark Robinson campaign used photos from freelancer without permission
Dave DeWitt/WUNC Radio Mark Robinson’s campaign for governor used images captured by freelancer Lynn Hey, originally published by WUNC, on...
7. A boy’s bicycling death haunts a Black neighborhood. Thirty-five years later, there’s still no sidewalk.
Renuka Rayasam & Fred Clasen-Kelly/KFF Health News It’s been 35 years since John Parker died after a pickup collided with...
8. NC House candidate charged for sign stealing in Seven Lakes
The (Southern Pines) Pilot The Moore County Democratic Party chairman, who is also a candidate for a N.C. House race,...
9. North Carolina maker of high-purity quartz back operating post-Helene
The Associated Press One of the two companies that manufacture high-purity quartz used for making semiconductors and other high-tech products...
10. City beginning 10-year process of lead pipe mitigation
Caleb M. Soptelean/The Sanford Herald The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law of November 2021 provided $15 billion over five years for lead...
1. Mill sale in limbo due to storm: Pactiv Evergreen sues prospective buyer
Vicki Hyatt/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Pactiv Evergreen is suing the potential purchaser of its Canton paper mill property, trying to force...
2. Franklin sheriff calls for county manager’s resignation after she issues guidance for Helene reimbursements
Destinee Patterson/WRAL News Franklin County Sheriff Kevin White is calling on County Manager Kim Denton to resign, saying her request...