Just in time for Memorial Day weekend, tens of thousands of large bugs have descended on Great Smoky Mountains National Park along the North Carolina-Tennessee border, according to the National Park ...

As I’m writing, North Carolina is staring down yet another hurricane season. We can’t just wait for FEMA to resolve itself.

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has once again denied Gov. Josh Stein’s request for an extension of 100% of the federal cost share for debris removal and emergency protective ...

NC Governor Josh Stein is disappointed by FEMA's denial of full debris removal reimbursement, fearing budget strain.

North Carolina taxpayers will be on the hook for “potentially hundreds of millions of dollars” to clean up Western NC, ...

FEMA will not reverse its decision to deny matching 100% of the State of North Carolina's expenditures used for Hurricane ...

As the timeline for Hurricane Helene relief funding from the state and federal government remains unknown, multiple areas across Western North Carolina continue playing the waiting game.

The recovery plan for communities devastated by and wildfires across Western North Carolina approved in 106-0 vote on Thursday marked the fifth round of Helene recovery funds, bringing the total House ...

Four gentlemen worked quietly Wednesday morning to put the finishing touches on a kitchen in a newly built home; it was a ...

News 13 has learned that a Helene recovery program that could've funded 1,000 temporary housing trailers ended up buying far less than that... just six to be exact. Helene displaced more than 12,000 ...