More than 100,000 residents in western North Carolina are now allowed to drink and bathe with water from their home faucets.

Communities in Western North Carolina continue to rebuild nearly two months after Helene. A business owner there is helping to spearhead those relief efforts. Michael Geisler owns Ace Handyman Services Asheville,

It was the regionality and subject matter but also the steel underneath the quiet tale that called it to mind when I spoke to Jennifer Greene, the Executive Director of the North Carolina Christmas Tree Association recently,

Human traffickers are trickling into western North Carolina to exploit the trail of vulnerability that Hurricane Helene left in its wake, a law enforcement representative warned at a recent North Carolina Human Trafficking Commission meeting.

The loss of trees can affect local weather. We asked an expert to explain what that might mean for western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene.