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¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾'s 'Main Street NC' series checks on rebuilding efforts in Spruce Pine post-Helene

Signage on the downtown Spruce Pine visitor center shows the high water mark during Helene.
Colin Campbell
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Signage on the downtown Spruce Pine visitor center shows the high water mark during Helene.

Hurricane Helene hit areas north of Asheville particularly hard.

That’s where flooding from the North Toe River devastated Spruce Pine, a town of about 2,000 people.

As part of ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾'s Main Street NC series, reporter Colin Campbell visited Spruce Pine to survey the damage first-hand and hear from business owners and government officials about what they need most to rebuild.

This is an excerpt, you can hear the full episode "Mitchell County seeks help, funding for next phase of Helene recovery," here.

Colin Campbell covers politics for ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾ as the station's capitol bureau chief.
Dave DeWitt is ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾'s Supervising Editor for Politics and Education. As an editor, reporter, and producer he's covered politics, environment, education, sports, and a wide range of other topics.
Cole del Charco is an audio producer and writer based in Durham. He's made stories for public radio's All Things Considered, Morning Edition and Marketplace. Before joining Due South, he spent time as a freelance journalist, an education and daily news reporter for ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾, and a podcast producer for WFAE in Charlotte.
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