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5. NC lawmakers will vote on Helene relief. Here’s how they’ve spent on aid for past disasters
Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline In 2018, weeks after Hurricane Florence devastated coastal North Carolina, state lawmakers returned to Raleigh to approve...
6. Hurricane Helene could cost $200 billion. Nobody knows where the money will come from.
Jake Bittle/Grist Even as the full scale of devastation in the mountainous regions of North Carolina and Tennessee remains unknown,...
7. Insurance company cancels policy days after Boone couple loses home to landslide
Shaquira Speaks/Queen City News A Boone couple’s home is one of thousands destroyed by a landslide caused by Hurricane Helene....
8. N.C. universities rally to provide mental health support for students after Helene
Emily Vespa/NC Health News While Helene tore through Boone, 20-year-old Mya McClarty braved the heavy downpour to get back to...
9. Good news for developers and builders: WSACC continues to expand sewer treatment capacity
Christopher Miller/Independent Tribune With Cabarrus County expected to continue being one of the fastest-growing counties in the state, having adequate...
10. Tenants flock to Class A office space in Raleigh’s North Hills but market remains tough
Chantal Allam/The News & Observer Two tenants have leased 31,659 square feet of Class A ”top-of-the-line” office space at the...
Rumor control
Rumor control is usually a problem for officials at every level of government after a natural disaster, and Hurricane Helene’s...
1. Asheville banking on quicker water restoration by first fixing North Fork bypass line
John Boyle/Asheville Watchdog Twice in two decades, enormous transmission lines have washed out at North Fork Reservoir after torrential, hurricane-induced...
2. DPI presents Hurricane Helene relief request, includes pay for impacted school employees
Hannah Vinueza McClellan & Mebane Rash/Education NC As rescue and recovery efforts continue in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene,...
3. N.C. Health officials issue guidelines for thousands of potentially flooded private wells
Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News Flooding from Hurricane Helene may have contaminated private wells for thousands of people in western North...
4. Inside the North Carolina mountain town that Hurricane Helene nearly wiped off the map
Allen G. Breed/The Associated Press The stone tower that gave this place its name was nearly a half billion years...
5. Wilmington looks to federal funds to replace bridges
Emma Dill/WilmingtonBiz The city of Wilmington plans to apply for nearly $20 million in federal grant funding to help pay...
6. Why fatal overdoses are plummeting in North Carolina
Katie Peralta Soloff/Axios Raleigh The number of fatal overdoses has declined rapidly in North Carolina over the last year —...