The transportation damage from Helene alone was about $5 billion. A new report breaks down how much of that has been repaired ...

The aftermath of Hurricane Helene brought record-breaking rainfall and severe flooding to mountain communities, causing extensive damage to infrastructure and isolating cities like Asheville.

NPR and the PBS series Frontline investigate the forces keeping communities from building resiliently, and the special ...

Asheville’s train has come. Norfolk Southern, Western North Carolina’s primary rail carrier, resumed rail service from ...

Fixing storm-damaged roads takes away funding that would otherwise be spent on normally scheduled road widening or repairs.

Repairing the myriad collapsed sections of Interstate 40 will require up to 3 million cubic yards of rock — more than 100,000 dump truck loads. Hauling all that rock for 30 miles from the closest rock ...

In recent weeks, both restaurants have reopened — eight months after Helene left waterlogged walls, ruined furniture and useless equipment in her wake. The restaurants are just two of the many ...

Eight months after Hurricane Helene swept through Chimney Rock, the tourist town still isn't ready to welcome summer visitors ...

Republicans at the North Carolina legislature have given final approval to two pieces of immigration legislation. One would ...

Helene hit North Carolina as a tropical storm on Sept. 27, 2024, leaving death and destruction across the state. Here is ongoing coverage from The News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer about ...

SPEAKING OUT — Jeff Maier puts the finishing touches on a sign he made for the Saturday “No Kings” rally to be held in front ...