From CPP: After bungled recovery efforts with two other storms, ‘failure is not an option’ for Helene, NC lawmaker says

by Lucas Thomae, Carolina Public Press Securing federal relief funds after Tropical Storm Helene has been a challenge. Now, a new North Carolina agency must prove it can wisely manage a $1.4 billion home rebuilding program after the last effort fell short. State lawmakers are still fuming after ReBuild NC, the recovery office created in … Read more

DOGE cuts AmeriCorps program, sending WNC recovery volunteers home

By Gerard Albert III BPR News For weeks, one spent hours in the sun handing out free food. Another crawled under houses to get muck out of the insulation. Others repaired homes and worked in warehouses, organizing donations. The volunteers were some of the 50 members of AmeriCorps, a federal agency program for national service and volunteerism, … Read more

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