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Dec 23, 2024 · Discount retail chain Big Lots announced on Dec. 19 that the company is preparing to begin going out of business sales at all remaining store locations.

Dec 30, 2024 · For North Carolinians, a new year means a few new laws, and provisions within them, that are changing. In the Tar Heel State, bills go into effect throughout the entire year, with a few of the ...

Dec 20, 2024 · Tropical Storm Helene swept through Western North Carolina destroying homes, uprooting infrastructure and left at least 98 people dead.

Oct 13, 2024 · 31 inches of rain. 100 ruined bridges. 10 million cubic yards of debris. 100,000 people without running water. Helene had a devastating effect on WNC.

Jan 2, 2025 · As one of his last acts as governor, on New Year's Eve, Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of 15 people on North Carolina's death row to life without parole.

Oct 4, 2024 · Avery County Manager Philip Barrier on Tuesday confirmed five deaths from Helene floodwaters after false information began circulating on social media, claiming 200 people had died in the county ...

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The Thursday, Dec. 5, Buncombe County Helene recovery briefing went over information on the burn ban, financial assistance for housing, heating and more and questions on the presence of tents in ...

Sep 30, 2024 · Lees-McRae College, which sits in the heart of Banner Elk, evacuated students from campus over the weekend and they were making their way to either Boone (via N.C.184/Tynecastle Highway and N.C ...