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[Election 2024] Harris Pledges Ongoing Support for N.C. Post-Helene
By COLLEEN LONG and AYANNA ALEXANDER, Associated Press Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris pledged ongoing federal support and praised the work of strangers helping strangers as she visited North Carolina on Saturday in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, her second trip in four days to the disaster zone. The vice president was in Charlotte one…
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Pediatric Therapists Gathering Supplies for Western N.C.
Emerge Pediatric Therapy, which has an office in South Durham, this week is collecting specific items for airlifted delivery to storm-ravaged Asheville, Boone, and other rural western North Carolina mountain communities. “The amount of devastation that has happened in the western part of our state is unfathomable,” states the company’s Instagram post. “We need to…
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In Helene’s Deadly Wake, Western N.C. Thirsts for Water
By Anne Blythe and Will Atwater, North Carolina Health NewsSept. 30, 2024 The powerful remnants of Hurricane Helene that deluged western North Carolina with fierce winds and raging stormwaters left a wide swath of the state in desperate need of potable water. As of early Sunday afternoon, 145 water systems were either without power, suffering…
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Triangle Community Foundation Matching Disaster Relief Donations
Do you find reporting like this valuable? Support Southpoint Access as a subscriber or advertising sponsor and make it possible to keep this information flowing to readers in our community! In the wake of Hurricane Helene’s devastating impact on western North Carolina, Triangle Community Foundation is recommending support of community foundations with disaster relief funds – and vowing to match donations…
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Durham Schools Close as Impacts from Helene Threaten
Do you find reporting like this valuable? Support Southpoint Access as a subscriber or advertising sponsor and make it possible to keep this information flowing to readers in our community! Durham Public Schools are closed to students and staff on Friday as North Carolina feels effects from the massive Hurricane Helene. The school district on Thursday issued a statement declaring the…
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