Gerard Albert III

Damage to trees and roads caused by Hurricane Helene makes fires more difficult to fight.

BPR examined data and policy documents from the agency showing few people found eligible actually used the housing programs in WNC.

Lucretia Richards built the life she always wanted. Damage from Hurricane Helene threatens that dream.

Photographers Angela Wilhiem, Jesse Barber and Thomas Flight share about their experiences covering the storm.

BPR News spoke with several people living in temporary housing in Western North Carolina. They are preparing for winter while dealing with rebuilding their lives.

The trailers on Duck’s Drive need to be repaired in order to be inhabitable, but federal flood plain regulations nearly stood in the way.

Volunteers with Western Carolina Emergency Network provided incorrect death toll to news outlet, posted to social media and chose not to remove as they continue fundraising.

The group of former special forces veterans and former law enforcement officers who have experience in disaster zones say focus should be helping people.

The leader of Western Carolina Emergency Network (WCEN) says his group did not produce or confirm the inflated fatality count claimed in a now-viral post.

Here are some of the stories of how survivors in Asheville search — and sometimes find — moments when things feel normal after Hurricane Helene unleashed widespread destruction in the North Carolina mountains.

Neighbors caring for neighbors in difficult times stretches back decades. After Hurricane Helene, communities relied on assistance from each other as they awaited government assistance.

Cut off with no cell service or internet, small Western North Carolina towns started holding in-person daily meetings in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.

Some towns in western North Carolina, like Hot Springs and Marshall, shifted Tuesday from rescue mode to recovery mode.

During the height of Hurricane Helene, BPR’s Rural Communities Reporter Gerard Albert III was stationed in the Transylvania County area. Here are the photos he took.

The move by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services could have substantial impact on investments at the Tryon international Equestrian Center.