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Key swing state faces 'daunting' level of uncertainty after storm ravages multiple counties
North Carolina election officials say they will do everything in their power to ensure that voters in the crucial presidential swing state will be able to cast their ballots despite the devastation
Opinion: The Western North Carolina floods hurt all of us. Here's where I find hope.
It wasn’t supposed to happen in the mountains. They say the deadly floods in western North Carolina caused by Tropical Storm Helene are a 1,000-year flood event. That’s why the devastation looks like something we have not seen. ...
As a hearing looms, here's where talks over a massive 99% coastal insurance rate hike stand
Negotiations between state regulators and insurance companies over a potentially massive rate increases for North Carolina homeowners are going down to the wire. In January the N.C. Rate Bureau, a 14-member board that represents the industry, submitted a proposal to raise homeowner insurance premiums by 42% statewide and an eyewatering 99% in beach...
The long road to recovery
This story originally ran in The Assembly. By Friday afternoon, residents in much of Western North Carolina lost cell service, leaving elected officials, emergency management responders, and residents begging for assistance. Two days later, President Joe Biden approved a federal disaster declaration request for 25 counties and the Eastern Band...
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