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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.
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Where the creeks became rivers
In a hundred years, nobody could say North Carolinians didn't give freely when their western brethren were in trouble.
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 ...