Helene relief, vetoes will be challenges for new North Carolina House speaker

HUD announces $1.4 billion in relief funds to western North Carolina - WCCB Charlotte's CW

OLD FORT, NC — $1.4 billion of federal money is coming to Western North Carolina to help with Hurricane Helene recovery. A senior Biden administration official made the announcement after seeing first hand what people have been dealing with. Right in the center of Old Fort sits Davis Country Store and Cafe. Owner Amy Davis says the store became a staple for the community, serving almost 30,000 meals to date. “But there’s still so much that needs…

NC House elects new speaker as session opens

RALEIGH — The North Carolina House elected a new speaker for the first time in 10 years on Wednesday, choosing a young lieutenant to now-U.S. Rep. Tim Moore to preside over a Republican-controlled chamber focused on Hurricane Helene but likely…

Helene relief, vetoes will be challenges for new NC House speaker

The two-year session is likely to focus early on the continued recovery from the record damage caused by Hurricane Helene in late September.

Helene relief, vetoes will be challenges for new North Carolina House speaker

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina House elected a new speaker for the first time in 10 years on Wednesday, choosing a young lieutenant to now-U.S. Rep. Tim Moore

Hall sworn in as North Carolina's new speaker of the house

RALEIGH — Caldwell County's Rep. Destin Hall (R-Granite Falls) was unanimously elected as the first millennial in state history to hold the role of North Carolina Speaker of the House. With his wife by his side holding a Bible, Hall was sworn in by Supreme Court Associate Justice Tamara Barringer

Piecemakers Guild donates quilts to North Carolina

Recently, the members of the Hayward Piecemakers Quilting Guild collected over 50 quilts that will be donated to the victims of Hurricane Helene that devastated Asheville, North Carolina. The Wisconsin State Lions Mission Group will be transporting the quilts to…