Yancey County officials say they've cracked the code to access FEMA funds to build back private bridges, which are ...

North Carolina is strewn with private roads and bridges. More than 7,000 still need repairs in the aftermath of storm Helene.

YANCEY COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — There wasn’t much left of Big Bear Branch Road in Yancey County after Helene. “Our neighbor’s houses were washed away,” Martha Tomas said.

However, the county’s decision to leave the library system came before the devastation wrought upon Western North Carolina by Helene. Yancey was among North Carolina’s hardest-hit areas ...

Some schools were only out for a couple of weeks. Others, like Yancey County Schools, were out for seven weeks. However, most ...