TAMPA, Fla. – A major hurricane had not struck the Tampa Bay area directly in more than a century. That streak ended abruptly last year with back-to-back storms, leaving behind destruction from which ...

ASHEVILLE - The North Carolina Department of Enviromental Quality has funded the creation of "microgrids" in Western North Carolina after responding to critical power failures across the state in the ...

Hurricane Helene, which made landfall on September 26, 2024, was the second deadliest U.S. mainland hurricane in half a century, killing at least 250 people and causing $80 billion in damage. In the ...

ASHEVILLE - Following his time as a Federal Emergency Management Agency Community Liaison for Madison and Yancey counties, Kevin Madsen will lead the county's response to Helene as its Helene Recovery ...

This story has been updated to add new information. ASHEVILLE – The city plans to launch its first funding opportunities from its $225 million in federal recovery dollars this fall and winter, ...

YANCEY COUNTY, N.C. — More than a year after Hurricane Helene, authorities in Yancey County are still looking for two adults and a child who went missing during the storm. ALSO READ: Charlotte’s ...

HENDERSONVILLE - “We never dreamed that water could come that fast where we lived, it was like a levee had opened,” Sandra Little, 59, told the Times-News Oct. 21. She and her 18-year-old daughter ...

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Linda Helene (Gaess) Rinko, 80, of Montvale, NJ, passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of Tuesday, September 30, 2025, after a short and courageous battle with cancer. Linda was born in ...

In Loving Memory of Tobie Helene Miller Patmas “Anastasia” The Beautiful Hat Lady and Belle of the Ball July 21, 1942 – October 6, 2025 With grace, flair, and a heart full of courage, Tobie Helene ...

Federal funding for a program that hires people left unemployed by Tropical Storm Helene is delayed, leaving its immediate future uncertain in some areas. The National Dislocated Worker Grants program ...