Hope in Hardship: Burnsville couple's power back on four months after Hurricane Helene
Diane and Bill Merz detail their experience living through the storm, surviving off community help and generators ...
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Western NC students, educators confronting widespread learning loss post-Helene
For educators, there's no blueprint for how to shepherd a school and its students through a catastrophe like Helene, or the ...
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Mountain communities find creative ways to keep students engaged after Helene
Allyson Heidenfelder is a Yancey County mom, but for dozens of local students and their parents, she's become a lot more than ...
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‘21st Century Packhorse Librarian’ Brings Books to Rural Communities
In the 1930s, women employed by the Works Progress Administration rode pack horses through the mountains of eastern Kentucky, bringing books to rural ...
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Hurricane Helene-ravaged North Carolina community helped by WVRC Media listeners making progress but still work to do
BURNSVILLE, N.C. — The director of the Emergency Management Agency in Yancey County, North Carolina said he’s shocked at the ...
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Hope in Hardship: Couple’s power back on four months after Hurricane Helene
BURNSVILLE, North Carolina (WXII) — More than four months since Hurricane Helene flooded Western North Carolina, families are still dealing with its impacts every day. For some, a loved one or ...
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The Day the Mountains Cried: One Woman’s Narrative of Surviving Helene Resonates with Regional Readers
Like many of us, Yancey County’s Lynda Smith lived through the devastating blows wrought by Hurricane Helene when it ravaged ...