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On the frontlines: local teams deliver hope after Helene

In the weeks after Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina, Carolina Journal had the unique opportunity to ride along with the North Carolina National Guard as they delivered generators and fuel from Samaritan’s Purse to communities in Yancey County. We found residents to be frustrated, saying the Federal Emergency Management Agency was scarce the immediate...

Donna King
Opinion

On the frontlines: How local teams and the National Guard deliver hope after Helene

These private groups are all a key piece of the puzzle. They can be on the scene first. They don’t have the bureaucratic systems of government, but they do need the irreplaceable large-scale support of US National Guard.

Donna King

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