State agencies and communities in western NC will soon be receiving $29 million in federal public assistance reimbursements for Hurricane Helene recovery projects.
Relief funding from the General Assembly has helped to carry some of the burden as towns wait for FEMA reimbursements.
Labor Commissioner Luke Farley told Council of State members that small business owners in western North Carolina feel like every day is Groundhog Day after the devastation ofHurricane Helene in September.
The company operating a high purity quartz mine and processing facility, tucked away in a small community of Mitchell County, announced Thursday the restart of production and processing after Hurricane Helene impacts disrupted operations and set the chip industry on edge. The Belgian company, Sibelco, specializing in specialty industrial minerals – particularly high purity quartz,...
The two WNC mines have quietly become an industry juggernaut as they supply nearly 99% of all high-purity quartz. That ultra-high concentration of such a critical material supply piqued interest before the advent of Hurricane Helene; now the worst case scenario seems to be playing out as western North Carolina resident struggle for help following the floods.
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