In our Reality Check stories, Charlotte Observer journalists dig deeper into questions over facts, consequences and accountability. Read more. Story idea? RealityCheck@charlotteobserver.com. Hundreds ...

North Carolina directed emergency response personnel, including firefighters, to the region last spring during the WNC wildfires. North Carolina has joined eleven other states in a lawsuit against the ...

Slogging through a thick slop of mud and rock, Brian Hill passed the roof that Hurricane Helene’s floodwaters had just ripped off someone’s barn and dumped into his yard. Then he peered into the ...

VICTIMS HOMES. STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF JACKSON IS TAKING THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY TO COURT. JACKSON FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE AGENCY, ACCUSING IT OF WITHHOLDING FUNDS FOR DISASTER ...

More than a year after Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina, communities are still rebuilding and still waiting for federal aid. That frustration was front and center Wednesday at the ...

Hundreds of North Carolina residents whose homes were badly damaged by Hurricane Helene are still waiting for aid from a FEMA program that promises to buy homes or help make them more flood resistant ...