TAMPA, Fla. – A major hurricane had not struck the Tampa Bay area directly in more than a century. That streak ended abruptly last year with back-to-back storms, leaving behind destruction from which ...

Hurricane Helene, which made landfall on September 26, 2024, was the second deadliest U.S. mainland hurricane in half a century, killing at least 250 people and causing $80 billion in damage. In the ...

ASHEVILLE - Following his time as a Federal Emergency Management Agency Community Liaison for Madison and Yancey counties, Kevin Madsen will lead the county's response to Helene as its Helene Recovery ...

ASHEVILLE - The North Carolina Department of Enviromental Quality has funded the creation of "microgrids" in Western North Carolina after responding to critical power failures across the state in the ...

This story has been updated to add new information. ASHEVILLE – The city plans to launch its first funding opportunities from its $225 million in federal recovery dollars this fall and winter, ...

Aussie swim queen Ariarne Titmus (OAM) has officially announced her retirement from all levels of swimming. The four-time Olympic gold medallist and current 200m world record holder hangs up her suit ...

HENDERSONVILLE - “We never dreamed that water could come that fast where we lived, it was like a levee had opened,” Sandra Little, 59, told the Times-News Oct. 21. She and her 18-year-old daughter ...

Ariarne Titmus, a four-time Olympic swimming gold medalist for Australia who forged a rivalry with Katie Ledecky, announced her retirement at age 25. “A tough (decision), a really tough one, but one ...

Linda Helene (Gaess) Rinko, 80, of Montvale, NJ, passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of Tuesday, September 30, 2025, after a short and courageous battle with cancer. Linda was born in ...

Drone footage shows a baby humpback splashing kayakers in the waters nears Maroubra in New South Wales, Australia A humpback whale calf may be a large animal, but it's still a kid Like many children, ...