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Landscaper, businessman, man nicknamed 'Sonny': Remembering 3 lost to Helene
Three weeks have passed since Hurricane Helene swept through the Southeast, leaving a trail of destruction and death. In South Carolina, 50 people were casualties of the powerful storm, including 22 in Greenville, Spartanburg, and Anderson counties. Among the victims of the Palmetto State's deadliest storm since 1989 were a landscaping savant, a successful multi-business owner, and a man simply loved and known as "Sonny." Over the coming days, the Greenville News will tell the stories of...
In Helene's and Milton's wake, faith-based disaster relief groups prepare for the long haul
This past Sunday, worshippers returned to Biltmore Church, a megachurch in Asheville, North Carolina, for the first time in person after Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina. It was bittersweet, said Bruce Frank, the church’s pastor. People were glad to be together, even as many are still grieving. “There is a lot of loss,” Frank said simply in his sermon.Among the lost were Nora and Michael Drye, lay leaders at Biltmore, and their 7-year-old grandson, Micah, who became trapped on their roof and drowned in Helene’s flooding. Others in the church had lost loved ones, homes and their...
When floodwaters breached a Swannanoa home, the roof was the safest place for a man, his dog
The first time David and Kate Donald visited the ruins of their home after Tropical Storm Helene swept through the area, a rainbow arched across the sky. For the couple, who lost almost everything to the floodwaters, the rainbow seemed significant, even Biblical. "I know there's a lot of ancient flood stories, but...
For damaged North Carolina wineries, there are no harvest celebrations to be found
Hailey Klepcyk is the president of the North Carolina Winegrower Association and a member of the state’s Wine and Grape Council. The native North Carolinian was educated there — studying Business Management at NC State and earning a degree in Art and Photography from Elon University — and over the past decade has worked in the wine industry both in distribution and as a tasting room manager at Piccione Vineyards in the Swan Creek American Viticultural Association (AVA).
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