After Tropical Storm Helene, struggles grow in Black Appalachia town of Junaluska
In Black Appalachia, a small, 200-year-old community of descendants of enslaved people, Junaluska, is struggling after ...
Driver dies after ignoring blockades, plummeting into North Carolina gorge
That portion of eastbound I-40 near the Pigeon River Gorge was washed out by storm floods when Hurricane Helene hit the area, ...
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Eighth time the charm for waterline upgrades to HCC area
Junaluska Sanitary District has been awarded $9.5 million from the N.C. Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to upgrade the ...
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Highway Patrol tried to stop driver after going around barricades onto Helene-damaged I-40
Because the car had fallen 100 feet away from the road and into the Pigeon River Gorge, swiftwater rescue services were required to attempt to save Mahoney, the Junaluska Fire Department had said ...
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Wrapped in tradition
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Vice Chief Alan B. Ensley delivers some remarks during Nov. 13’s Junaluska Wreath Laying ...
North Carolina woman dies after driving past barricade on hurricane-devastated highway
A 63-year-old woman, Patricia Mahoney of Southern Pines, North Carolina, died after driving around a barricade and off a ...
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After Tropical Storm Helene devastation, Junaluska, town in Black Appalachia, hangs on
BOONE, N.C. - Cross-stitched Bible verses decorate the wood-paneled living room walls in a small, historic piece of Black ...
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After Tropical Storm Helene, struggles grow in Black Appalachia town of Junaluska
The Goins sisters — Foster, Brenda Whittington and Sheila Goins — can trace their family roots in Junaluska back to 1832. The Junaluskans gathered in Foster’s home in the days following the ...