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One year later: Four districts had damaged schools after Helene. How are they doing now?

by Caroline Parker | September 23, 2025

Due to the unprecedented flooding from Hurricane Helene in September 2024, four school buildings in western North Carolina flooded so severely that students were unable to immediately return to school. Some schools closed temporarily and are back in their buildings,...

Community college success coaches helped students recover from Helene, new brief shows

by Sergio Osnaya-Prieto | September 23, 2025

Hurricane Helene widened digital inequities for western North Carolina community college students and unveiled challenges in the usage of online student support services, according to a new brief from the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research at the...

Back to school in Burke County means coming home for a Helene-displaced Head Start program

by Liz Bell | August 28, 2025

Nearly a year after Hurricane Helene left more than 4 feet of water inside the halls of Quaker Meadows Generations in Morganton, the child care program’s staff welcomed students and families back to its building on Monday for a new...

Perspective | Continually in recovery, a year of healing from Hurricane Helene

by Ryan Mitchell | September 23, 2025

When I was 16 years old I got a cut on my foot that was extremely painful. Twenty years later that cut doesn’t carry the sharp and searing pain that it once did. It now carries a scar — a...

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Need to know

• One Year After Helene: Rebuilding Critical Infrastructure

  Office of the Governor | September 23, 2025

• Treasurer Brad Briner Updates State Health Plan Members on Duke/Aetna Negotiations

  Office of the State Treasurer | September 23, 2025

• What you need to know about least restrictive environment in IDEA

  K-12 DIVE | September 23, 2025

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