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Rebuilding WNC: Relief and recovery efforts

Edited by Deanna Sipe Efforts to help those affected by Hurricane Helene continue across Western North Carolina. Helene led to thousands without power and hundreds of unprecedented deaths. Community, State, and Federal agencies have banded together to help with relief efforts for those affected by Helene. As attempts to recover from Helene continue, relief organizations […]

Community Table feeds Jackson County after Helene

Edited by Stewart Butler, Deanna Sipe A nonprofit food pantry in Sylva is lending a helping hand after Hurricane Helene. Community Table is feeding 80 to 100 Jackson County residents every day. Director Paige Christie says it’s essential to get the word out that Community Table is open. “We’re going to be rocking and rolling […]

Voting after Helene: Interview with Jackson County Elections Director

The elections are less then a month away WNC is facing a lot of challenges after Helene considering the damages and distraction of many voting places and election boards. The deadline for voter registration is today, Oct. 11 and NC voters will need to show a voter ID when casting a vote in person or […]

#WNCsmart: an interview with WCU shoreline expert Robert Young

Story co-reported with Marrah Ste. Marie On Tuesday, Oct. 8 reporters Deanna Sipe and Marrah Ste. Marie interviewed Dr. Robert Young the Director of Western Carolina’s Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines for the student-run radio station 95.3 FM. Listen below.

N.C. absentee ballot hiccup: 2.9 million to be reprinted

The new absentee ballots without We the People party and its presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are in process to be printed. Election offices across the state are now playing catch-up after receiving the North Carolina Supreme Court decision late last week. N.C. State Board of Elections is requiring absentee ballots to be sent […]

WCU art students create books for Cherokee learners

Story co-produced with Madison Pait WCU art students create and donate books for Cherokee learners in WCU’s Introduction to Printmaking course.   “We’re partnering with the Cherokee learners to create a children’s book. And the hopes for this book is for all of the students in the class to create a picture that sort of symbolizes […]