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'Until the last bag of trash': Crews clear nearly 300K pounds of debris from WNC rivers
With summer just around the corner, and debris still visible in some waterways, News 13 is investigating whether the regional ...
North Carolina communities still struggling to recover from Hurricane Helene feel the loss of laid-off CDC disaster team
Hurricane Helene tore through the Swannanoa River Valley of western North Carolina almost seven months ago, but many of the ...
Crews clear 300,000 pounds of debris from NC rivers months after Helene
Signs of Hurricane Helene still sit in western North Carolina rivers as there are piles of pipes that crews have been working tirelessly to clear out.
High-ranking officials spotlight Western North Carolina's ongoing recovery efforts
Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Lee Forsgren, is visiting Asheville in honor of the U.S. Army Corps ...
Helene debris removal in Little River threatens endangered mussel species, hellbenders
Debris removal following Tropical Storm Helene needs to be done more carefully to not destroy high-priority habitat and ...
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Invasive bass species spreads from western North Carolina to Piedmont Triad
RALEIGH, N.C. (WGHP) — A bass species that are invasive to North Carolina is spreading in our lakes and rivers and competing with our native fish, according to the NC Wildlife Resources Commission.
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No stranger to wildfires, a Helene-ravaged WNC now faces a complicated future battling them
Tropical Storm Helene left behind so much debris in Western North Carolina, it’s making battling wildfires even more complicated. The debris, including downed trees and river long jams, alter fire ...