Dylan Henson
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HIGHER GROUND — PART 3: "THE LONG ROAD" (opens the original)
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Two years after Hurricane Helene, the roads are mostly open, and the power is mostly back. But for thousands of families across western North Carolina, recovery still comes down to one question: when do I get to go home? Luther Harrison, vice president for U.S. Rebuild at Samaritan's Purse, says the Boone-based Christian relief organization was already deployed to two other disasters when Helene hit. It hasn't left since. As of this recording, Samaritan's Purse has moved 371 families back into r
HIGHER GROUND — PART 2: "KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON" (opens the original)
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By Dylan Henson | WNCWSeptember 22, 2026 Two years after Hurricane Helene tore through western North Carolina, Duke Energy says the storm forced the largest restoration effort in the company's history — and left behind a grid that is measurably different than the one that existed before the storm hit. Jeff Brooks, a Duke Energy spokesperson who has worked hurricane response for nearly 20 years, says nothing in his career compared to it. The utility, which serves more than 80 counties in North Ca
HIGHER GROUND — PART 1: THE NIGHT EVERYTHING CHANGED (opens the original)
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By Dylan Henson | WNCWSeptember 22, 2026 SPINDALE, NC (WNCW) Two years after Hurricane Helene tore through western North Carolina, newly detailed accounts from the storm's first hours show how close a Lake Lure dam came to failing and how completely Buncombe County's 911 system broke down — details at the center of "Higher Ground", a three-part WNCW special report marking the anniversary of the storm. Part 1 focuses on the two communities' first 24 hours: Buncombe County, where emergency officia
Asheville voted to tear out its Flock cameras. Here's the pushback that got it there. (opens the original)
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Part two of WNCW's two-part series on Flock Safety cameras across the Carolinas SPINDALE, N.C. (WNCW) — In part one of this series, Asheville Police and the Spartanburg County Sheriff made the case for Flock Safety's license plate reader cameras — narrower in scope than critics suggest, they argued, and already tied to real arrests and recoveries. Part two is the pushback, and it ends with news: this week, Asheville City Council voted 5-2 to rip out every one of the city's 11 Flock cameras and t
Asheville Is Moving to Remove Its Flock Cameras. Here's What Two Officers Said About Why They Use Them. (opens the original)
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Mayor Esther Manheimer is calling for a vote to end the city's contract with Flock Safety. WNCW sat down with Asheville Police and the Spartanburg County Sheriff before that announcement — to hear the law enforcement case for the technology. This week, Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer announced she would ask city council to end the city's contract with Flock Safety and remove its license plate reader cameras from the city. She said she had heard clearly from residents that a moratorium on the ca
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