Roughly 190,000 acres of U.S. Forest Service lands were impacted in Tropical Storm Helene, a Forest Service district ranger ...

Shelved plans from ’60s for Tennessee Valley Authority project in N.C. unlikely to make comeback. Dam failures, costs and ...

In October, CPP reported that large dams on the Catawba River were unable to prevent flooding during Helene. In order to sustain dam safety and power generation, Duke Energy released massive amounts ...

Amid recovery from Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina, a state audit says an aid station's average cost equates to ...

Rep. Chuck Edwards said his office responded to concerns over improper debris removal by creating an "action plan" with FEMA.

Areas of western North Carolina declared federal disaster areas following Hurricane Helene are included in a $1. 45 billion ...

Critical programs like food stamps are being threatened in Washington. Cuts to that program, currently up for debate between ...

In early April, a U.S. Forest Service office in east Tennessee’s Cherokee National Forest issued a memo inviting the public ...

NC mountains were no strangers to pockets of hunger. Helene further limited access to healthy food. New developments could ...

Despite complicated politics of trying to rebuild and mitigate against future floods, local knowledge provides path for flexible solutions.

Thankfully, western North Carolina didn’t wait on the bureaucracy for assistance. When FEMA faltered, first responders ...

The value of FEMA’s assistance package to North Carolinians recovering from Hurricane Helene has eclipsed $1 billion.