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Mountain residents meet disaster with resolve
Residents in one mountain county continued to rely on each other to untangle themselves from the mess left by Hurricane Helene even as help from the outside arrived en masse. Will Stricklin, an Iraq War veteran and former Daily Reflector photographer who is now a volunteer firefighter in Mitchell County, said late last week that the main challenge continued to be communications. Stricklin reached his old newspaper Thursday thanks to...
Cranberry Festival returns to Shady Valley this weekend
JOHNSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The annual Shady Valley Cranberry Festival will return to Shady Rock School on Friday and Saturday. The festival will feature auctions, a parade, live music, food vendors and more. Becky Cretsinger sat down with News Channel 11 to talk more about the festival. Admission to the event is free. For […]
Avery County food pantry in need of donations amid Hurricane Helene
AVERY COUNTY, N.C. — Nonprofits and other organizations have been working around the clock to provide food and basic essential items for families impacted by Hurricane Helene. Feeding Avery Families is a nonprofit food pantry in Avery County that serves residents of Avery County including Newland, Banner Elk, and...
Helene relief: Garner company barbecues 1,600 meals per day in Vilas
Help is continuing to flow from the Triangle to the hardest-hit parts of the Appalachian Mountains. It includes Jason Allen’s Garner-based Carolina Cooker team, who’ve set up a mobile kitchen in the community of Vilas. The group has used its smoker and grill to supply people with barbecue...
Cloudland to continue football season on Friday
ROAN MOUNTAIN, Tenn. (WJHL) – The tight-knit community of Roan Mountain loves to come out and support their Highlanders. But, for the last ten days or so, it was the Highlanders football squad that returned the support in the community’s time of need. After a full week away from the field, Cloudland started back at […]
'Every day is a struggle': Mitchell, Yancey residents helping each other despite setbacks
BURNSVILLE - For many residents in Yancey and Mitchell Counties, waiting around for a road destroyed in Tropical Storm Helene to be fixed isn't an option, as they require basic necessities like food and water. So in the interim, remote mountain communities have lived by a "Neighbors helping neighbors" mantra. On Oct. 8,...
Legal Aid of North Carolina to assist with hurricane recovery on Thursday
BOONE — Attention Boone and surrounding areas! The LANCMobile is in town, ready to assist residents affected by Hurricane Helene with their disaster-related legal needs. This mobile legal aid unit provides free, confidential assistance to those in need, including help with: • Providing survivors with information about their rights • Answering questions about insurance and...
'Don't forget about us': This Tennessee town of 2,000 has been ravaged by flooding before
Jeffrey Fuller was delivering for O'Reilly when he got a call from a neighbor that his Carter County home was flooding. His 28-year-old daughter, Kayla Fuller, wasn't picking up the phone. Fuller left work and rushed to his home just north of the Doe River on Spring Street, where a residential neighborhood within the unincorporated community of Hampton has been wrecked by unprecedented flooding brought on by Hurricane Helene. ...
Tennessee Department of Transportation opens two damaged East Tennessee routes
On Monday, the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) reopened to traffic two East Tennessee routes that were severely damaged as a result of Hurricane Helene flooding. According to TDOT, State Route 350 in Greene County — known locally as Jones Bridge Road — was piled 30 feet high with debris. Chunks of road were washed away, […]
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