Category Archives: WPTF News
After the deluge, the lies: Misinformation and hoaxes about Helene cloud the recovery
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - The facts emerging from Hurricane Helene’s destruction are heartrending: Businesses and homes destroyed, whole communities nearly wiped out, hu...
Oct 05, 2024
Civil rights groups ask to extend voter registration deadlines in hurricane-ravaged states
By AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - With registration deadlines looming, Democrats and civil rights groups are asking election officials in the states ravaged by Hurricane Helene to ...
Oct 04, 2024
North Carolina lawmakers to vote on initial Helene relief
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina General Assembly leaders said Friday that they're prepared to approve initial disaster relief next week to address Hurricane He...
Oct 04, 2024
Well-known Asheville music tradition returns in a sign of hopefulness after Helene
By BRITTANY PETERSON Associated PressASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A well-known Asheville musical tradition returned Friday night, in a sign of hopefulness a week after Helene battered the mountain city.The ...
Oct 04, 2024
When will the power return? Weary Carolinas residents long for relief after Helene’s fury
By JEFF AMY Associated PressASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - The weary and worn residents of Julianne Johnson’s neighborhood in Asheville have been getting by without electricity since Hurricane Hele...
Oct 04, 2024
A week after Helene hit, thousands still without water struggle to find enough
By MICHAEL PHILLIS, JEFF AMY and BRITTANY PETERSON Associated PressASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Nearly a week after Hurricane Helene brought devastation to western North Carolina, a shiny stainless steel ta...
Oct 04, 2024
UNC relocates intrasquad scrimmage from Cherokee after Hurricane Helene’s impact to region
By AARON BEARD AP Basketball WriterCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina has relocated its planned intrasquad scrimmage in western North Carolina due to damage from Hurricane Helene in that region a...
Oct 04, 2024
A deadly hurricane is the latest disruption for young athletes who already have endured a pandemic
By JOHN RABY AP Sports WriterPisgah High School in western North Carolina reopened its football stadium last year after Tropical Storm Fred tore through in 2021.Now it has to be rebuilt again after be...
Oct 04, 2024
Amid Hurricane Helene’s destruction, local sports organizations launch relief efforts to aid storm victims
By AARON BEARD AP Sports WriterRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - N.C. State football player Davin Vann was on the move, tiptoeing his way between obstacles in the Wolfpack’s indoor practice facility midway t...
Oct 04, 2024
Harris and Trump battle for labor support as dockworkers suspend strike
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated PressDETROIT (AP) - Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the union stronghold of Flint, Michigan, on Friday as she battles with Donald Trump for working-class voters wh...
Oct 04, 2024