IPEX, which had been criticized for not cleaning up pipe debris in the French Broad River following Helene, announced an ...

The owner of Woodfin’s Silver-Line Plastics will fund the next phase of a yearslong cleanup that began when floodwaters swept ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ASHEVILLE - As tubers and paddlers have returned to the French Broad River, water quality monitoring systems have indicated E.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HOT SPRINGS - Right after Tropical Storm Helene ripped through Marshall, Western North Carolina and East Tennessee in late ...

Korey Hampton sees progress every day as she works along the French Broad River. But, nine months after Hurricane Helene, there are still painful reminders and flashbacks. “I still see piles and I ...

Bracing himself against the current in waist-deep water, Clancy Loorham wrestles a broken length of PVC pipe from the rocky bottom of the French Broad River and peers inside. “I got a catfish in the ...

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and BPR, a public radio station serving western North Carolina. On a clear, sunny day in May, just a few weeks into the Smoky ...

Fifteen days after Tropical Storm Helene sent debris, runoff and a cocktail of toxins — including raw sewage and pharmaceuticals — pouring into the French Broad River in the fall of 2024, Shea Tuberty ...

ASHEVILLE – One was long and piercing. Another was brassy and trailing. One scream was pure unadulterated shriek. Dogs barked afterward. It was primal. Around 9 a.m. on Sept. 26, several dozen people ...