Three days after Hurricane Helene, Nick climbed through the debris and the river to get to Relief, North Carolina. “We had a little hope. You know, going through the house and going up the mountain ...

Families with missing relatives who likely died in a natural disaster would be able to obtain a declaration of death without ...

House Bill 537 — dubbed "Alena's Law" — would allow someone who disappears during a disaster to be presumed dead 90 days ...

It won’t bring her back. It won’t change any of this, but it will do something to help people in the future,” said Kelly ...

Alena Ayers from Mitchell County has been missing since the hurricane’s start, according to Sheriff Donald Street. Yancey County Sheriff Shane Hilliard confirmed that Lenny Widsawski ...

Six months after Hurricane Helene destroyed communities across the Southeast, five people remain missing in North Carolina due to the storm, according to officials.

As wildfires burned throughout Western North Carolina in recent days, many first responders found themselves fighting fires in their own backyards. BPR spoke with North Carolina Forest Service ...

Alena Ayers from Mitchell County has been missing since the hurricane's start, according to Sheriff Donald Street. Yancey County Sheriff Shane Hilliard said Lenny Widsawski, Yevhenii Segen and ...