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OPINION: We need to rethink disaster recovery in North Carolina
| September 26, 2025
This Saturday—Sept. 27, 2025—marks one year since Hurricane Helene flooded Western North Carolina with five months of rain in just three days.Western North Carolina could be hit by another tropical storm. Here’s what to know.
| September 26, 2025
Forecasters say there's a significant risk that tropical weather will impact North Carolina, including still-recovering western North Carolina, early next week. Here's what to know.Report: Failing grade for Duke Energy on progress toward clean energy
| September 26, 2025
This year, the organization gave Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress an "F," scoring 12% on their metrics for transitioning away from climate-harming energy sources, coal and natural gas.Video: Gov. Josh Stein talks education with ‘Under the Desk News’
| September 26, 2025
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein sat down for a conversation about education and national politics with the popular TikTok show, "Under the Desk News."Video: The scary thing about Stephen Miller’s speech at Charlie Kirk’s memorial
| September 26, 2025
Top Trump advisor Stephen Miller raised eyebrows with this speech at the Charlie Kirk memorial this weekend. Senior Editor Billy Ball has questions.Good News Friday: The story of infamous Charlotte ‘Roofman’ robber comes to the big screen
| September 26, 2025
Our weekly roundup of good news from around North Carolina includes a Hollywood moment for Charlotte, and some pivotal medical research kicking off in Wake County.A year after Helene devastated their towns, western NC leaders discuss the road to recovery
| September 26, 2025
Local leaders face significant challenges and argue Washington and Raleigh could do more to help them recover from the $60 billion storm.On North Carolina’s rivers and streams, the cleanup of Helene’s fury seems never-ending
| September 25, 2025
How first Helene and then the cleanup battered the ecosystem in western North Carolina.‘Housing is health care’: Trump’s Medicaid cuts could leave thousands of NC families homeless
| September 25, 2025
Floodwaters, rats, and mold once threatened to derail a Haywood County family’s future—until Medicaid helped them find safe housing. Now advocates warn stories like theirs may disappear under Republicans’ “big beautiful bill.”Huge Medicaid cuts loom after NC Republican leaders fail to reach funding deal
| September 24, 2025
Lawmakers are not set to return until three weeks after the state is scheduled to enact cuts that could cause some of the most vulnerable residents to lose their life-saving care.One year after Helene, NC program teaches students resilience
| September 24, 2025
As the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Helene's devastating landfall approaches, a program in western North Carolina schools is helping students cope with the tragedy.OPINION: Where Western NC stands a year after Hurricane Helene
| September 24, 2025
This week, as we approach the first anniversary of Hurricane Helene–one of the worst natural disasters ever to hit western North Carolina–it’s important to take stock of how we’re doing. Where do we stand and what do we still need?
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Report: Failing grade for Duke Energy on progress toward clean energy
| September 26, 2025
This year, the organization gave Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress an "F," scoring 12% on their metrics for transitioning away from climate-harming energy sources, coal and natural gas.Good News Friday: The story of infamous Charlotte ‘Roofman’ robber comes to the big screen
| September 26, 2025
Our weekly roundup of good news from around North Carolina includes a Hollywood moment for Charlotte, and some pivotal medical research kicking off in Wake County.On North Carolina’s rivers and streams, the cleanup of Helene’s fury seems never-ending
| September 25, 2025
How first Helene and then the cleanup battered the ecosystem in western North Carolina.One year after Helene, NC program teaches students resilience
| September 24, 2025
As the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Helene's devastating landfall approaches, a program in western North Carolina schools is helping students cope with the tragedy.Reduced fine for NC farmworker’s death raises accountability questions
| September 23, 2025
During National Farm Safety and Health Week, a massively reduced fine for poor conditions that led to a farmworker's death is leading to questions about worker protections in North Carolina.Good News Friday: ‘Good Morning America’ spotlights North Carolina’s hurricane recovery efforts in Asheville
| September 19, 2025
In this week's Good News Friday, we take a look at Good Morning America's visit to Biltmore to talk Helene recovery in Asheville, plus more good news from around North Carolina.UNC-Wilmington chancellor on false alarm lockdown: ‘I am angry for this violation’
| September 19, 2025
Less than 24 hours after unconfirmed reports of a gunman were found to be untrue, UNC Wilmington's chancellor said "the very sanctity of our campus home has been violated."Lake Lure Flowering Bridge to bloom again with FEMA funding
| September 18, 2025
Hurricane Helene wiped out the Lake Lure Flowering Bridge in September 2024. Now, it’s set to be rebuilt.
