Will Asheville’s once-booming riverfront art district ever recover from Helene?
Asheville, North Carolina Reuters The river that runs through Asheville, North Carolina, is littered with artwork drifting downstream after deadly floods from Hurricane Helene decimated the mountain city’s arts district, a linchpin of tourism in the area that some residents fear will never recover. Some of the 300 artists and designers who work out of […]
By mule and helicopter, volunteers deliver aid to Helene victims
Asheville, North Carolina Reuters An army of private volunteers including mule drivers and helicopter pilots are helping deliver supplies and rescue stranded victims after one of the deadliest storms in recent US history ripped through the mountains of western North Carolina. One week after Helene slammed into the Florida Panhandle and devastated wide swaths of […]
In the US state of North Carolina, the sound of chainsaws brings hope as faith-based workers clear roads
United States RNS In the days since Hurricane Helene swept through mostly rural areas of nine states, Kevin King, executive director of Mennonite Disaster Service, has been working to make plans for how to best respond, despite spotty phone service due to downed cell towers and roads and bridges that have been washed out or […]
Rescuers scour North Carolina mountains for survivors cut off by Hurricane Helene
Asheville, North Carolina, US Reuters Search-and-rescue teams who have already saved hundreds of people scoured the mountains of western North Carolina for more survivors on Tuesday, working amid washed-out roads, smashed bridges and felled power lines following Hurricane Helene. The storm has killed at least 162 people in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee […]
Hundreds still missing in devastated North Carolina after Hurricane Helene
Reuters Western North Carolina residents faced a “post-apocalyptic” landscape on Monday in the wake of hurricane Helene, with hundreds of people still missing and residents struggling amid flooded roads and a lack of basic services. More than 100 deaths across a half-dozen states have been attributed to the powerful storm that slammed into Florida’s Big […]
In the US, Bruce Frank, former SBC abuse taskforce leader, joins crowded SBC presidential race
United States RNS A North Carolina pastor who championed sex abuse reforms in the Southern Baptist Convention plans to run for president of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. Bruce Frank, longtime pastor of Biltmore Church in Asheville, announced on Tuesday that he would allow his name to be placed for nomination at the SBC’s annual […]
“Where the rubber meets the road”: US cities start racism reparations as national efforts languish
After decades of stalled attempts in Congress at redress for slavery or structural racism, dozens of local efforts are now moving forward. CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…