“Contractors are being rejected” from providing Hurricane Helene relief in North Carolina because of racial “quotas” required by the state. State law lays out a "goal," not a hard quota, for ...

Columbus, said the state's minority-owned businesses guidelines are hindering its ability to hire contractors to help with ...

The Cold Mountain Music Festival continues through Saturday, May 31, and Sunday, June 1 at Lake Logan. Headliners on Friday ...

Visitors to Haywood County this summer have a chance to earn some extra cash through a new initiative called "Elk Bucks." ...

Only six out of 1,000 state-purchased housing trailers have been occupied so far, while nearly seven months after Helene, ...

There are 2,400 fewer leisure and hospitality jobs compared with the same point last year, according to state Department of ...

FEMA denied North Carolina's request for the agency to match 100% of the state funds for Hurricane Helene cleanup, according ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency program that housed displaced Helene victims in hotel rooms has drawn to a close. As of May, there were no FEMA hotel vouchers being used in Haywood County — ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced more than $400 million in funding to repair Helene-damaged roads and bridges ...

Landslide stabilization efforts are likely to be costly as Buncombe County has sought to develop a model for major landslide ...

Students in Haywood County have a key opportunity this summer to recover valuable instructional time lost to Hurricane Helene ...

Visit Haywood is launching a campaign called Elk Bucks to encourage visitor spending at local establishments during their ...