Hurricane Helene, House and Senate

$500 million Hurricane Helene relief bill passes in North Carolina Senate
Relief for Hurricane Helene victims is one step closer after the North Carolina Senate passed a bill to send more than $500 million dollars to relief efforts.
North Carolina Senators propose more than the $500M from House for Hurricane Helene relief
The bill they’re advancing includes about $33 million more than the $500 million that House members suggested, but Senators added this is only step one.
NC Senate passes fourth round of Hurricane Helene relief; bill now goes to House
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- The North Carolina Senate voted Wednesday on a fourth round of disaster relief for western North Carolina to recover from Hurricane Helene.
North Carolina lawmakers close in on another injection of Helene relief funds
North Carolina legislators appear to be closing in on legislation to provide more funds to help the mountains recover from Hurricane Helene.
NC Senate takes up Hurricane Helene relief bill
The North Carolina Senate has taken up a bill to provide more funding for Hurricane Helene relief. Friends of the late Hollywood star Gene Hackman made a telling admission on his status days following his death.
NC senators propose $533M for Hurricane Helene relief
North Carolina senators began deciding if they’ll pass a bill that would send hundreds of millions of dollars to western North Carolina for Hurricane Helene recovery.
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Governor’s Office Launches Website To Share Updates On Hurricane Helene Recovery Process
Governor Josh Stein’s Recovery Office for Western North Carolina (GROW NC) shared progress on Helene recovery and launched a ...
A stretch of a North Carolina highway that collapsed during Helene is about to reopen
A stretch of Interstate 40 through the western North Carolina mountains is reopening to traffic this weekend, months after ...
Hurricane Helene devastates Western North Carolina, triggers over 2,000 landslides
Hurricane Helene hit the Western North Carolina region on Sep. 27, causing extensive damage and triggering over 2,000 landslides.
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Eric Church’s Chief Cares Opens Office In Western North Carolina To Expedite Building A New Neighborhood For Hurricane Victims
Recently, Eric Church and his team announced that through his foundation Chief Cares and the money they raised during their ...
North Carolina Struggles With Helene's $60-Billion Recovery Cost
It will cost $60 billion for North Carolina to recover from Hurricane Helene, according to the latest state estimate. “The ...
Key portion of North Carolina’s I-40 partially reopens after Helene damage
Parts of Interstate 40 in North Carolina were washed away in Hurricane Helene, but it has reopened in a limited scope after months of rebuilding.
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Stretch of I-40 reopens in North Carolina, marking a milestone in post-Helene recovery
Five months after Hurricane Helene severed a critical Appalachian freight corridor, a 12-mile stretch of Interstate 40 through North Carolina’s Pigeon River Gorge reopened Saturday. Though ...
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PBS host Frank Graff to talk about Hurricane Helene, climate change
When Frank Graff, producer and host of the PBS show Sci NC, was covering the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, he met a woman in ...
Section of I-40 washed out by Hurricane Helene reopens on NC-TN state line
I-40 was destroyed by Hurricane Helene five months ago. Flash flooding along the Pigeon River damaged large sections of the ...