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17-year-old girl volunteers as dispatcher for western North Carolina police department
AVERY COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — The Banner Elk Police Chief says his officers are stretched thin as they help Hurricane Helene victims in Avery County. A 17-year-old girl has stepped up to assist officers by making sure everyone in the community is accounted for. Lily Flores is volunteering as a dispatcher for the Banner Elk […]
Heartbreaking and all too familiar
The pictures are heartbreaking. The streets of Boone completely under water. Trees down all around the western part of our state. Lives lost. Water sweeping through homes and businesses. Many of us here in the east spend our vacation time in the mountains of this beautiful state of ours. We either go skiing or whitewater rafting and we take in the lovely site of those mountains. We visit the beautiful...
Isolated NC town builds bridge using flatbed trailers
Residents of an isolated town in North Carolina have improvised a bridge using several flatbed trailers in order to keep themselves connected to the rest of the world. Hurricane Helene decimated the western part of the state, flooding the area and destroying roads and buildings. Now, towns like Elk Park, North Carolina are working to […] The post Isolated NC town builds bridge using flatbed trailers appeared first on CDLLife.
Mountain Electric Cooperative provides latest update on customer outages
NEWLAND — As Avery County continues to rebound from the wallop inflicted by Hurricane Helene, local utilities are feverishly working to get as many people back online with power and other essential services as quickly as possible. Mountain Electric Cooperative has provided daily updates as it works to restore power to sections of Avery County and Carter and Johnson counties in Tennessee. The utility provider shared via social media that it has plenty of materials (including poles) to work with, and trucks are arriving daily. ...
Trade, Tenn. residents push through flood recovery
TRADE, Tenn. (WJHL) – Devastation from Hurricane Helene is still clearly visible in Johnson County. For the residents of Trade, the effects are everywhere. “[There’s a] disruption of daily life,” said Ashley Gallaher, owner of ZRC Skates in Trade. “Disruption of everything you can think of.” Across the community, roads have been damaged and buildings […]
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