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The Department of Health and Human Services will cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines that are being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu.
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Two years after passengers hoping for a glimpse of the Titanic wreckage died in the Titan submersible implosion, the Coast Guard issued a scathing report, saying the tragedy shouldn't have happened.
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Flags lowered in Murphy and Andrews to honor Cherokee County Detention Officer Francisco Flattes who was killed on Monday. -
Stein signed into law, HB1012, the latest Hurricane Helene relief spending bill at the grand re-opening of Chimney Rock State Park. -
State Bureau of Investigation and Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians police arrested Swain County Sheriff Curtis Cochran Friday, the district attorney’s office said. -
Hurricane Helene caused at least 57 landslides along the Parkway, damaging not only the roadway but also visitor centers, campgrounds, trails and more. -
Highland Brewing is hosting a celebration of life ceremony to honor their late founder, Oscar Wong. Leah Wong Ashburn is the CEO and president of the brewery. She chatted with BPR's Jose Sandoval about her father. -
The first tourist season since the storm reveals how much rivers and livelihoods have changed. -
The Veterans Restoration Quarters housed around 160 veterans before Hurricane Helene flooded the property. -
Jackson County Commissioners voted on Tuesday night to leave the Fontana Regional Library System. -
The new North Concourse has floor-to-ceiling windows, new food and retail options and an art gallery featuring works by artists displaced by Hurricane Helene. -
Western North Carolina roadless areas, long kept pristine, could soon be opened to road construction and logging.
