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Southerners stay in touch the old-fashioned way after Helene cuts roads, power, phones

Southerners stay in touch the old-fashioned way after Helene cuts roads, power, phones

By JEFF AMY, ERIK VERDUZCO and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Isolated and without electricity or phone service since Hurricane Helene inflicted devastation across the Southeast nearly a week ago, residents in the mountains…

Search crews with cadaver dogs wade through muck of communities ‘wiped off the map’ by Helene

Search crews with cadaver dogs wade through muck of communities ‘wiped off the map’ by Helene

By ERIK VERDUZCO, JEFF AMY and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) — Cadaver dogs and search crews trudged through knee-deep muck and debris in the mountains of western North Carolina on Tuesday looking…

Hurricane Helene’s victims include first responders who died helping others

Hurricane Helene’s victims include first responders who died helping others

Falling trees and raging floods from Hurricane Helene killed more than 150 people when it struck Florida late last week and then plowed through the Southeast as one of the deadliest storms in U.S. history. People died…

Judge’s ruling clears way for North Carolina public high school athletes to profit from NIL

Judge’s ruling clears way for North Carolina public high school athletes to profit from NIL

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A judge in North Carolina has cleared the way for the state’s public-school athletes to profit off their fame in a court case involving a high school football player who has…

Supplies arrive by plane and by mule in North Carolina as Helene’s death toll tops 130

Supplies arrive by plane and by mule in North Carolina as Helene’s death toll tops 130

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Widespread devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene came to light Monday across the South, revealing a wasteland of splintered houses, crushed cargo containers and mud-covered highways in one…

Fierce North Carolina congressional race could hinge on other names on the ballot

Fierce North Carolina congressional race could hinge on other names on the ballot

ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (AP) — Incumbent Democratic Rep. Don Davis and Republican challenger Laurie Buckhout are locked in a tight race for North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District. It’s the state’s only competitive race and one…