Helene

The National Park Service has also reopened about four miles of the Parkway in the Bamboo Gap area near Boone following damage from Helene.

National industry experts recently recognized NCDOT's efforts during the National Operations Center of Excellence's annual awards event.

Last year, the foundation distributed more than $200,000 toward tuition for children in Watauga’s licensed early childhood centers in the wake of Helene.

Officials from the Governor's Recovery Office for Western North Carolina and N.C. Emergency Management were speaking in front of a legislative hurricane recovery committee.

State forestry officials have said thousands of acres of downed trees after Helene could contribute to heightened risk in the coming years.

An influx of new residents, rising tourism, and a growing student population at Appalachian State University are all driving up home prices in Boone

Heavy rain, flooding and a rock slide have again closed a section of the major cross country highway Interstate 40 along its narrow corridor through the Great Smoky Mountains.

Since October, the federal-state partnership program has processed more than 11,000 claims for over 800 victims in storm-affected counties.

The storm smashed into the North Carolina mountains last September, killing more than 100 people and causing an estimated $60 billion in damage. Chimney Rock, a hamlet of about 140 named for the 535-million-year-old geological wonder that underpins its tourism industry, was hit particularly hard.

The North Carolina House advanced another Hurricane Helene funding package on Thursday to address pressing needs in the mountains eight months after the storm caused historic flooding and destruction.