By John Hood As the North Carolina General Assembly begins its 2025 session, lawmakers have many pressing issues to tackle. Topping the list will be addressing the immediate needs of Hurricane Helene ...
By Renee Coates Scheidt  A new day has dawned in America. For many of us, especially our N.C. mountain people, it’s been a long time coming. Four months ago, western N.C. was destroyed by Hurricane ...
President Donald Trump is heading to hurricane-battered western North Carolina and wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles ...
Vice President JD Vance's first domestic trip saw him pledge to get federal funding into the hands of people recovering from Hurricane Helene.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s first day at the Pentagon is expected to include an array of executive orders, including ...
FEMA was absorbed by DHS in 2003, prompting criticism that its highly bureaucratic nature rendered the agency ineffective in addressing natural disasters.
As Helene's destructive wrath descended on the Southeast, some residents say they never got the warnings they needed to take ...
U.S. Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards will serve on the "Council to Assess the Federal Management Agency," which was established ...
Council had previously set aside around $10 million to pay for Helene-related recovery efforts. Officials said most of that ...
At least $4 billion is earmarked for hurricane response in Virginia but only $47 million has been distributed so far, the ...
Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire agreement just days ahead of Trump taking office. The conflict had raged in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, 2023, in the wake of a Hamas raid on Israel that saw it ...