Heroes to the powerless
• Lighting one neighborhood at a time. When hurricane force winds tear the world apart, or rain drenches the earth, destabilizing everything in the ground, folks need a hero – a hero that can restore dignity and normalcy, some…
Wyoming utility sends help to Helene survivors
CASPER (WNE) —- Hurricane Helene has impacted 10 states and affected areas as far as 400 miles from its landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region. In response to a plea for help from Georgia Power, Rocky Mountain Power is sending…
A Tennessee nurse and his dog died trying to save a man from floods driven by Hurricane Helene
By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press As the Hurricane Helene-driven waters rose around the Nolichucky River in Tennessee, Boone McCrary, his girlfriend and his chocolate lab headed out on his fishing boat to search for a man who was stranded by floodwaters that…
Crews search for survivors in North Carolina’s mountains days after Helene’s deluge
By ERIK VERDUZCO and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) — Cadaver dogs and search crews trudged through knee-deep muck and debris on Tuesday looking in the mountains of western North Carolina for victims of Hurricane Helene, days after…
Dockworkers may have the negotiating advantage in their strike against US ports
By TOM KRISHER, WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS and TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — With 45,000 longshoremen at 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas on strike for the first time in decades, experts say the workers may wield the upper…
Supplies rushed to communities isolated by Helene as death toll passes 100
By JEFFREY COLLINS, KATE PAYNE and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Desperate residents isolated by washed out roads and the lack of power and cellular service in western North Carolina lined up for fresh water Monday, days…
Rescuers race to free people trapped by Hurricane Helene after storm kills at least 35 in 4 states
By STEPHEN SMITH, KATE PAYNE and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press CRAWFORDVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Helene left an enormous path of destruction across Florida and the entire southeastern U.S. on Friday, killing at least 35 people in four states, snapping…