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Citizen Scientists Are Hitting the Streets of the Country’s Fastest-Warming Cities to Collect Detailed Temperature Data
The heat mapping of metros like Reno, Nevada, could be key to taming urban heat, saving lives and designing for a cooler ...
Most Western NC wildfires contained but elevated threat returns. Which areas are at risk?
As crews fully contain a 198-acre fire in the Pisgah National Forest, the US Forest Service has mapped areas most at risk of ...
Cowboys Wire11d
Wildfires in Western NC: See our interactive map
With much of Western North Carolina under abnormally dry conditions ... of fires with our North Carolina wildfire and smoke ...
WVEC14d
Five months after Helene, I-40 traffic will resume through western North Carolina
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — After a five-month closure following Hurricane Helene's devastating impact on Western North Carolina, a portion of Interstate 40 along the Tennessee-North Carolina border is ...
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A stretch of a North Carolina highway that collapsed during Helene is about to reopen
WAYNESVILLE, N.C. -- A stretch of Interstate 40 through the western North Carolina mountains is reopening to traffic this weekend, months after Hurricane Helene's historic flooding collapsed ...
USA Today15d
7 planets are lining up in the night sky: How to see the unusual planet parade in Western NC
Here's what to know about viewing the alignment in the Western North Carolina region. The hardest planets to view will be Saturn and Neptune, as they are the closest to the horizon and the sun ...
Washington Examiner16d
North Carolina House passes Helene aid but Josh Stein wants more
The North Carolina House pushed forward $500 million in aid to rebuild the western part of the state from the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, roughly half the amount Gov. Josh Stein (D-NC ...
AOL17d
More than $73M in interest-free loans flows to western North Carolina
“Jeff Poley and his team worked relentlessly to create the program from the bottom up, recognizing, as we all did, that the residents of western North Carolina needed rapid resources to restore ...
Charlotte Observer18d
Asheville Forest Service worker laid off by Trump says his termination was rescinded
Mike Knoerr, the only wildlife biologist covering the more than 500,000-acre Pisgah National Forest in Western North Carolina, said on social media that the revocation came just a couple days ...
WSPA18d
Jury convicts woman in western NC arsons
BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WSPA) – A North Carolina woman was found guilty on Monday by a jury on multiple charges related to a series of arsons in Buncombe and Rutherford counties. According to ...
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Western NC healthcare workers aim to bridge nutritional gap for people with disabilities
ARDEN, N.C. (WSPA) – A western North Carolina organization is on a mission to improve healthcare for people with disabilities across the Carolinas beginning with what they eat. Dr. Craig Escude ...
Detroit Free Press18d
Mules that delivered supplies in Western North Carolina after Helene killed in accident
When Tropical Storm Helene left areas throughout Western North Carolina nearly inaccessible, a team of mules – and one horse – trekked much-needed supplies to residents in Montreat ...