Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Robert Thomas’ home is still standing after the coffee-colored floodwaters of Hurricane Helene rushed through ...

One North Carolina educator issued an emotional plea for help as her community and surrounding towns have been left in shambles following the catastrophic Hurricane Helene. Mistie Cogbill, a teacher ...

A surge of misinformation has bubbled up in the wake of Hurricane Helene. WRAL News fact-checked those claims. Far-out tales of space lasers, fake snow and weather control technology – sometimes ...

In 2012, when Taylor Jones and Jonna Munroe met during a medical mission with the Mountain Area Health Education Center in Ecuador, they never imagined that their experience working through a disaster ...

We’re seeing the death and destruction extreme rainfall causes, and Black folks in the Southeast are disproportionately at risk. When Helene reached northern Georgia as a tropical storm at the end of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BOONE - A quarter-mile from downtown Boone, Junaluska Road weaves in between the homes of one of Appalachia’s oldest Black ...

This photo shows U.S. Interstate 40 near Black Mountain on Sept. 29, 2025, shortly after Helene caused widespread damage across western North Carolina. The state is donating 11 acres of land to Black ...

BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. (WTVD) -- In the same music hall that served as a lifeline for food and water distribution during Hurricane Helene's devastating aftermath, the community of Black Mountain is now ...

BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. (WTVD) -- When Hurricane Helene swept through Black Mountain in western NC it didn't just flood homes and close roads, it also fractured an already strained healthcare system.

BOONE, N.C. - Cross-stitched Bible verses decorate the wood-paneled living room walls in a small, historic piece of Black Appalachia — the Western North Carolina mountaintop community of “Junaluska.” ...

BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. (WSPA) — A huge blues festival in Western North Carolina is bringing in top musicians and supporting Hurricane Helene relief efforts. The Black Mountain Blues Festival is back for ...