Hundreds of households in North Carolina remain without a private bridge two years after Hurricane Helene. Many are frustrated by a state program’s progress.

When Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina in 2024, hundreds of households lost the private bridges they rely on to access their homes. Two years later, only 44 bridges have been rebuilt by the state. Our reporter Eduardo Medina takes us there.

Democrats are largely used to losing in the mountains of western North Carolina. Jamie Ager is trying to change that.

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The body-camera and surveillance footage provides the first glimpse of a confrontation in a Walmart parking lot that left 1-year-old Kohen Wiley dead.

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Toforest Johnson’s conviction in the 1995 killing of a sheriff’s deputy relied on the testimony of a woman who was paid a $5,000 reward by the state for providing information.

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Officials said the shooting in the city of Douglas was related to domestic violence. The victims lived together in the same house.

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