Zachary Turner/WFAE Radio Avery County is still conducting water rescues for individuals caught in last week’s flooding from Tropical Storm Helene. The county has three confirmed deaths, according to Avery County Sheriff Mike Henley. “We hope that’s all,” Henley said. “But this has been a big event, and to this...

Moss Brennan, Luke Barber & Nick Fogleman/The Watauga Democrat Officials are describing Hurricane Helene’s impacts as the worst natural disaster in Watauga County’s modern history. Officials from Watauga County Emergency Services, the town of Boone, and Appalachian State University held a press conference to discuss ongoing efforts in the aftermath...

Tyler Wilde/Yahoo!Finance Like so many tech companies, Epic Games grew aggressively at the start of the 2020s and then suddenly declared that it had made a mistake. The Fortnite and Unreal Engine maker cut over 800 jobs last year and maimed and sold off Bandcamp, a website it had purchased...

Langston Wertz Jr./The News & Observer North Carolina’s public school athletes won’t have to wait any longer to monetize their NIL rights. Wake County Superior Court Judge Graham Shirley on Tuesday granted a motion from a family suing the state for NIL rights for a preliminary injunction. For now, that...

Emma Dill/WilmingtonBiz Wilmington leaders will consider the sale of two tracts of city-owned land on the north end of downtown next week. The city has received a $1.15 million bid for 17,780 square feet across portions of city-owned properties at 908 and 922 N. Front St. The Wilmington City Council...

Emma Dill/WilmingtonBiz International Longshoremen’s Association workers at the Port of Wilmington went on strike Tuesday amid broader work stoppages at ports on the East and Gulf coasts. The ILA and the United States Maritime Alliance Ltd., an entity that represents port management, failed to agree on a new contract before...

Anirban Sen/Yahoo!Fianance CVS Health is exploring options that could include a break-up of the company to separate its retail and insurance units, as the struggling healthcare services company looks to turn around its fortunes amid pressure from investors, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. CVS has been discussing various...

Rachel Crumpler/NC Health News Historic rainfall and flooding brought by the remnants of Hurricane Helene have pushed western North Carolina hospitals into “managed chaos.” Power outages forced many hospitals to rely on backup generators for several days. Widespread water system failures required alternative water supplies for hospitals that use tremendous...

Seth Borenstein/The Associated Press More than 40 trillion gallons of rain drenched the Southeast United States in the last week from Hurricane Helene and a run-of-the-mill rainstorm that sloshed in ahead of it — an unheard of amount of water that has stunned experts. That’s enough to fill the Dallas...

Eva Dou/The Washington Post Flooding in North Carolina has imperiled the operations of mines that produce the world’s purest quartz sand — an irreplaceable ingredient for manufacturing components at the heart of smartphones and other electronic devices. The town of Spruce Pine, where these unique mines are located, remains in...

Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press The North Carolina State Board of Elections released the beginnings of a plan Monday to address voting access in the western part of the state following devastation wrought by Tropical Storm Helene. “As rescue and recovery efforts continue after (Tropical Storm) Helene, North Carolina election officials...

Dianne Gallagher & Michelle Watson/CNN It had been 48 hours since the winds and rains from Hurricane Helene ripped through western North Carolina and Sam Perkins still had not heard from his parents. So, on Saturday morning, he got in his vehicle and started driving toward their home, nestled on...

Christopher Long/The Wilson Times N.C. House of Representatives District 24 candidates Dante Pittman and Rep. Ken Fontenot, R-Wilson, faced off Thursday evening in a candidate forum hosted by the Wilson County Public Library. More than 100 supporters and interested community members filled the library’s assembly room and adjacent hall. Fontenot...

Morgan Casey/CityView Patients googling Harnett Health facilities might see different results in their search. Instead of “Angier Medical Services,” they will see “Cape Fear Valley Primary Care – Angier.” “Harnett OB-GYN” will come up as “Cape Fear Valley OB/GYN – Dunn.” It is all part of the final step of...

Kelly Kenoyer/WHQR The New Hanover Community Endowment announced $14 million in housing program grants Monday, September 30. These grants mark the first investments based on the Endowment’s housing strategy unveiled earlier this year. The grants will help address the fact that 35% of households in New Hanover County are cost-burdened,...