Six months after Helene, a check-in on tourism, restaurants, relief funding, and the wildfires hampering cleanup
Western North Carolina continues to await state and federal funding six months after Helene
Six months after Helene, Gov. Josh Stein has signed into a law a bill that will provide more than a half-million dollars in relief funding. The funding approval comes as a new disaster is further ravaging the region, as Henderson and Polk counties continue to fight wildfires.
Gerard Albert III, Western North Carolina Rural Communities Reporter, Blue Ridge Public Radio
WNC tourism, arts, and restaurant check-in
We turn our attention to Avery County — home to Grandfather Mountain, the Blue Ridge Parkway…
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