A regional food bank adjusts after storm destroyed headquarters, but other infrastructure and economic issues frustrate food access.

Many undocumented people are not eligible for federal financial disaster aid and several remain fearful even when help is offered.

Pinning down the exact amount of Helene’s inland rainfall that came from climate change isn’t possible, but studies say at least 10%, Carolina Public Press reports.

The nearly vacant Wake Forest University Charlotte Center office building in uptown Charlotte, sold last week for about $33 million. That's about half of its previous sales price — and about a quarter of the county's assessed tax value for the 36-year-old building on North College Street. The Ledger's Tony Mecia joins WFAE's Marshall Terry to discuss this local business news, and more, on this week's BizWorthy.

A post on X last month that’s been viewed nearly 1 million times claimed FEMA only delivered four mobile housing units to all of western North Carolina to shelter residents who were displaced by Hurricane Helene. Paul Specht, of WRAL, joins WFAE's Marshall Terry for a fact-check.

A legacy of governmental action created fertile ground for distrust after Hurricane Helene.

The arrest was related to trespassing on a road that was "clearly marked" closed to the public in Henderson County.

Expected federal appropriations measure the best bet for N.C. storm relief dollars in 2024 beyond rainy-day fund moves in state bill.

Overall passenger traffic numbers in October 2024 were down about 53% compared to the previous year.

North Carolina produces about one in five Christmas trees sold in the U.S., including the 20-foot Fraser fir chosen to grace the White House this year. Local sellers say this season’s crop is good despite the impact of Helene. But some in the industry worry about Christmases yet to come.

A TikTok video that’s been viewed hundreds of thousands of times accuses sheriff’s deputies in Mitchell County in western North Carolina of stealing generators intended for victims of Hurricane Helene. Paul Specht, of WRAL, joins WFAE's Marshall Terry for a fact-check on the claim.

The six-month season saw an above-average number of storms. Scientists say climate change is leading to more powerful and deadly hurricanes that can affect inland communities far from the coasts.

Many U.S. hospitals are conserving critical intravenous fluids to cope with a supply shortage caused by Hurricane Helene. They're changing protocols for administering drugs and hydration through IVs.

The largest chunk of funding — about $40 billion — would be for FEMA's disaster relief fund, so that it has enough money to last through the coming year. But there are requests for 16 agencies.

BPR's Laura Hackett sat down with Clark Duncan from the Asheville-Buncombe Economic Development Coalition to discuss the ins and outs of the economy right now.

UNC’s ViVE center — that houses all the data — was partly funded through the National Institutes of Health for over $3 million over the course of five years.

FEMA's administrator said the employee told a team responding to hurricane survivors to skip homes with yard signs showing support for Donald Trump.

Bertha Mendoza was one of the Tennessee factory workers swept away in Hurricane Helene's flash flooding. Text messages show a family desperate to save her.

In parts of western North Carolina, many schools are back up and running after lengthy closures due to Hurricane Helene. But many educators say that a return to the classroom isn’t necessarily a return to normalcy.

Upward of 300,000 North Carolinians' private wells were flooded, jostled in place until they fractured and filled with the contents of anything the storm surge had picked up, from septic systems to propane tanks.