Hundreds of North Carolina residents whose homes were badly damaged by Hurricane Helene are still waiting for aid from a FEMA program that promises to buy homes or help make them more flood resistant ...

VICTIMS HOMES. STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF JACKSON IS TAKING THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY TO COURT. JACKSON FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE AGENCY, ACCUSING IT OF WITHHOLDING FUNDS FOR DISASTER ...

More than a year after Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina, communities are still rebuilding and still waiting for federal aid. That frustration was front and center Wednesday at the ...

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