At Thursday’s hearing, Krebs and Stephanie McGarrah introduced the office to state legislators to the subcommittee on hurricane response and recovery.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina officials charged with leading recovery efforts in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene — as well as parts of eastern North Carolina still struggling from previous hurricanes — told state lawmakers this week that they need more money. And they need it soon.

North Carolina's governor says President Donald Trump's planned visit to the mountains on Friday is "very good news" for a region.

Josh Stein later confirmed. Trump took the Oath of Office Jan ... I think that's very good news for the people of Western North Carolina, that this issue is front of mind of the new administration," Stein said in the livestreamed press briefing.

North Carolina Governor Josh Stein released a statement on Tuesday after the White House ordered a pause on all federal grants and loans.

The state’s new governor said the troubled relief agency which fumbled hurricane relief in the east wouldn’t go to western NC in the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Helene. But ReBuild has done just that.

Governor Stein requests $20 billion in disaster relief and extended FEMA support from President Trump during his visit to North Carolina.

Many people were forced out of their homes this week after a wildfire broke out in western North Carolina. The first of three fires in McDowell County on Wednesday started in the area of Bat Cave Road in Old Fort.

Gov. Josh Stein has asked FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell to extend the agency’s Transition Sheltering Assistance (TSA) program for eligible North Carolinians for an additional six months. After a presidentially-declared disaster,

Trump and Stein have exhibited starkly different styles of leadership — a contrast that’s likely to continue over the next four years.

With the start of a new long session for the NC General Assembly, here are some prominent early childhood organizations and names to know.

Wildfires have spread in McDowell County, North Carolina, an area already struggling to recover from Hurricane Helene.