EVER FAITHFUL: “After the storm, my heart turned to Psalm 70,” says the Rev. Dusty Black. “The psalmist is pleading with God for victory over his enemies, as well as praying that the Lord would be worshipped.” Photo courtesy of Black
HELP WANTED: Mud splatters an Ingles trailer on Hendersonville Road in South Asheville on Oct. 21, 2024. The supermarket chain is a major employer in Western North Carolina. Colby Rabon / Carolina Public Press
DISASTER DIG: Ben Steere, head of the department of anthropology and sociology at Western Carolina University, explains how his students are helping analyze gravesites that may have been affected be fallen trees during Tropical Storm Helene at Riverside Cemetery. Photo by Greg Parlier