RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein asked state legislators Monday to roughly double their spending so far on recovery from Hurricane Helene, warning that waiting will cause more business closings, housing construction delays and students falling behind. …
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, citing damage done by Hurricane Helen and other disasters, has proposed a $127 million disaster assistance fund to fill gaps left behind in communities by insurance and federal and private recovery efforts. Youngkin called the fund …
LYONS, Ga. (AP) — Twisted equipment and snapped tree limbs still litter Chris Hopkins’ Georgia farm more than two months after Hurricane Helene made its deadly march across the South. An irrigation sprinkler system about 300 feet (92 meters) long …
