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Haywood County -- October 8, 2024: Press Release Haywood County Government:. A curfew is in effect from 9 PM to 7 AM. Please stay off the roads unless necessary. Avoid Sharing Rumors and Misinformation It only slows down our recovery efforts. Learn MoreFEMA Facts. Curfew in Effect 9 pm to...

WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — With many Western North Carolina residents flooded out of their homes, finding a place to stay is an immediate concern. A good Samaritan has come to the aid of a flooded-out family in Clyde, but there are also some challenges involved. John Mobley and his...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WSPA) – The victim in a fatal stabbing in Asheville on Oct. 3 has been identified. The Asheville Police Department revealed that 33-year-old Kendall Deangelo Gilliam was the man who was stabbed to death on Short Michigan Avenue. 7NEWS previously reported that 27-year-old Raqwean Jarrel Savage was charged with first-degree murder in connection […]

You are going to be shocked at the one place in North Carolina that people are desperate to get away from and which places people love living in. Several North Carolina cities are seeing more people leave than stay, with residents moving to other locations for various reasons.

Craig Blanks from Frying Pan in Southport helped feed thousands of Helene victims over the weekend in western North Carolina.

It looks like antisemites are really latching on to Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s conspiracy theory about Hurricane Helene. In the aftermath of the Category 4 storm, Jewish government officials have been targeted by antisemitic conspiracy theories, according to The Forward, a national Jewish media outlet. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer, and FEMA spokesperson Jaclyn Rothenberg have become targets of antisemitic abuse online, only days after Greene boosted an antisemitic smear of her own. Last week, Greene amplified a right-wing conspiracy theory that the government may have manufactured the deadly hurricane. “Yes they can control the weather,”...

Federal and state environmental agencies looking into potentially hazardous contaminants from tropical storm flooding.

The Assembly is putting storm coverage outside of our paywall and making it free to republish in any local or regional outlet. This article is published in partnership with The Food Section. On the Thursday after Helene struck western North Carolina, stocks were running low at the Ingles Markets in...

Repairs are entering their second week as officials work to restore water to residents of western North Carolina's largest city.

An arrest has now been made but details are still limited after the death of a child in Western North Carolina. The Macon County Sheriff’s Office responded to a home there, Sunday morning.

CBS 17 anchor Angela Taylor was in Swannanoa and flew over several areas on Tuesday to get a much different perspective of the devastation from above.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — The city is now reporting nine Helene-related deaths. Asheville Police Chief Mike Lamb confirmed the total during a storm briefing Tuesday morning. Lamb said Asheville Police Department had received about 394 missing persons reports and 336 of those people had been found alive and well....

Recovery efforts across Western North Carolina continue11 days after Helene devastated so many communities.

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between BPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. In the first week after Hurricane Helene, a woman incarcerated at the Buncombe County Jail described a harrowing and desperate situation, according to her mother. Her mother, who asked for anonymity for herself...

What to know when getting ready to apply to FEMA for assistance after Tropical Storm Helene hit North Carolina.

When Mary Ann Roser and her husband moved to Asheville four months ago they introduced themselves to neighbors as “climate refugees from Austin.” After Helene, she has thoughts on “climate havens."

Faced with a continuing water outage and uncertainty over when full sanitation will be restored, the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office has transferred 129 inmates to five other jails across the state and to a mental hospital, Asheville Watchdog has learned — and attorneys for many of the inmates who remain say their clients should be released from custody before hearings for humanitarian reasons.

The past week and a half will be a time Norma and Julia Rea won't forget. Last week, the mother and daughter were in Asheville, North Carolina, when Helene hit. This week, they're riding out Milton from an evacuation zone in St. Johns County. “I don’t think we have a...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The head of the U.S. disaster response agency continued to forcefully push back Monday against false claims and conspiracy theories about her agency’s response to Hurricane Helene as the death toll from the storm continued to climb. Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell pointed...

Hurricane Helene has affected, and displaced, millions of people in Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina. The death toll continues to climb, with more than 230 people reported dead, and hundreds more reported missing. As first responders from all over the United States and Canada continue to help with the recovery efforts, restaurants nationwide are doing their part to provide free food to those impacted. Here’s what we know so far.