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The Huddle: The most important games of the week & Bryan Till's return to Richmond
Welcome back to The Huddle, our notes & trends column for North Carolina high school football. This week, I have a list of the games that have the biggest implications of any in week eight, a breakdown of Bryan Till’s big return to Richmond, and updated win/loss streaks following week seven.
Helene: North Carolina death toll 88, 100 estimated missing
(The Center Square) – Eighty-eight are reported dead and more than 100 may be unaccounted for in North Carolina. No stranger to hurricanes, a 10-term congresswoman says her beloved mountain region has seen “nothing like this.” Hurricane Helene came ashore in Florida on Sept. 26 and eventually dumped what seems like a Biblical proportion of rain on the Appalachian Mountains. U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., told Fox News Radio on...
'They're hugging us. They're crying.' | Crews from the DMV continue to help in North Carolina and Florida in the aftermath of hurricanes
WASHINGTON — Wednesday night, Hurricane Milton slammed into Florida, about 250 miles away from where Hurricane Helene hit two weeks ago. "Most people here who we have interacted with have not seen anything like this," said Jennifer Hiner, a medical specialist with Virginia Task Force One (VA-TF1). Hiner and...
ARCA added to NASCAR weekend at Rockingham Speedway
ROCKINGHAM — After being teased for more than a month, a third race has been added to the weekend of the long-awaited return of NASCAR to Rockingham Speedway. Track Enterprises announced Thursday that the ARCA Menards Series East will also be running the weekend of April 18-19, 2025, in addition to the Xfinity and Craftsman Truck series revealed in late August.
Photos: Rescue dog zip lines across river in western North Carolina during Helene relief effort
BAT CAVE, N.C. (WGHP) — Heroes of all kinds, including heroes with four legs, have stepped up after Hurricane Helene brought disaster to western North Carolina. On Tuesday, Rey Castillo Photography caught amazing photos of K-9 Kyra crossing a highline in Bat Cave, North Carolina. Kyra works with handler Andrew Piske of the Virginia Department […]
Richmond SPCA waives adoption fees for adult dogs after receiving animals from N.C. after Helene
The Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) is waiving adopting fees for all of its adult dogs as its shelter continues to receive dogs from areas affected by Hurricane Helene.
No driveway and no road: Volunteers work to get people out of their homes in WNC: 'Stuck'
As Western North Carolina nears two weeks since Helene hit causing widespread destruction, the recovery and cleanup efforts are still a huge undertaking.Aerial Recovery is a non-profit made up of veterans and first responders that go to natural disasters all over the country and are now in Western North Carolina. Seth Griffith with Aerial Recovery says, "What we found is veterans and first responders work really well in disaster response. We have skills that we learned in the military we are not afraid to work. We've been doing everything from reconnaissance missions in remote areas, to extract people that need...
NC Lottery Lucky For Life, Pick 3 Day results for Oct. 10, 2024
The NC Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024 results for each game: Winning Lucky For Life numbers from Oct. 10 drawing 07-08-26-27-47, Lucky Ball: 13 ...
'I've been crying for two weeks' | Grassroots caravan of volunteers take cold weather supplies to western North Carolina
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — What started as a couple of volunteers looking to help western North Carolina in the wake of Helene has now grown into an effort resulting in hundreds of donations and several volunteers strong. "Next thing you know, it just turns into a caravan," said Bryan Pierce,...
TVA closes Douglas Dam spillway after releasing billions of gallons of water from hurricane
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — It's been around two weeks since Hurricane Helene impacted East Tennessee and western North Carolina, dumping floodwaters that dunked communities underwater across the region. For much of that time, Douglas Dam has been releasing water in an attempt to prevent floods from causing even more severe damage.
How To Deal With Climate Grief And Eco-Anxiety
As Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton have recently showed, climate chaos is happening now in places long thought safe and far from coastal storms, like western North Carolina. Watching in shock as people lose everything in a matter of seconds stirs up new waves of climate grief in those touched by the catastrophe as well… Continue reading How To Deal With Climate Grief And Eco-Anxiety
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