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Buncombe County acknowledges substantial overcount in earlier numbers as NC chief medical examiner’s office completes official death count.

The document was found inside a filing cabinet at a property once owned by a former North Carolina governor. The copy was made after the Congress, under the Articles of Confederation, approved the Constitution in 1787.

Under first-year coach Tynesha Lewis, the Bulldogs have become nomadic since Helene, taking up residency in a Charlotte hotel and practicing in whatever gym is available.

The National Centers for Environmental Information, located in Asheville, is working to restore its services after suffering damage from Helene. While existing records are safe, the research institute has not ingested any new data since Sept. 26.

In the two weeks since Helene devastated western North Carolina, FEMA officials say the agency has distributed more than $60 million in individual assistance to North Carolinians. But getting information about federal aid to immigrant and refugee communities in rural areas has taken a network of organizations — and lots of word of mouth.

Aeroflow is a nationwide supplier of breastfeeding products like breast pumps. The company is working to provide resources to its employees in western North Carolina.

A well-known Asheville musical tradition has returned in a sign of hopefulness a week after Helene battered the mountain city. The Asheville Drum Circle had its first regular Friday night session since the powerful storm blew in.

Hospital staff work through communication disruptions, water system failures and their own storm-induced uncertainty to keep caring for patients.

The death toll after Hurricane Helene left a trail of destruction across the U.S. Southeast has reached at least 132 across six states. A crisis is unfolding in the mountains of western North Carolina, where water, food and other supplies are being airlifted into places cut off by mudslides and washed-out roads.

With dozens of western North Carolina communities heavily damaged from Hurricane Helene, disaster funding bills are likely to come before Congress and the state legislature in the coming weeks and months.