Press Releases

Dear Friend, as North Carolina’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner nears its final count of community members we lost due to Hurricane Helene, I’m solemnly reporting that NC DHHS has confirmed 95 deaths as of 9:00 a.m., yesterday, October 18.

Dear Friend, today marks three full weeks since Hurricane Helene devastated our beautiful mountains.

Dear Friend, after a natural disaster, FEMA estimates that 40 percent of small businesses never reopen their doors.

Dear Friend, one of the hardest challenges many of our neighbors are facing right now is not being able to go home to their own house and lay their head on their own pillow after another long day.

Dear Friend, Western North Carolina is turning yet another leaf in our recovery from Hurricane Helene.

Dear Friend, I hear you.

Dear Friend, today is Sunday, marking the end of yet another very long week for the people of Western North Carolina.

Dear Friend, the further away we get from the day Hurricane Helene hit, the more I hear that NC-11’s newest and most prominent need is money.