In a flurry of activity at the end of the week, the Trump administration fired more than 10,000 federal workers across multiple agencies as part of its “large-scale reductions” in the government workforce. This is likely just the beginning of the job cuts, as President Donald Trump and top White House aide Elon Musk seek to continue slashing…
ASHEVILLE – Nearly 200 Buncombe County residents have applied for assistance through a state-managed program assisting owners whose properties were damaged when Tropical Storm Helene swept through the region Sept. 27. Dozens are hoping to have their properties purchased outright. During the Dec. 2 Buncombe County Board of Commissioners briefing, County Manager Avril Pinder updated…
Erie’s post-Thanksgiving winter storm was so severe that it is causing indoor tennis and pickleball matches to be postponed. Westwood Racquet Club, 2660 Zuck Road, announced to members Tuesday afternoon that the facility is closed temporarily due to a large amount of snow and ice on its roof and exterior walls. The accumulation of snow…
What’s not to love about New Jersey? While many might have a great time living in the Garden State, nearly every city in New Jersey was excluded from U.S. News and World Report’s ‘Best Places to Live’ list. For the publication’s best places in live in the United States list for 2025-2026, they ranked major…
ASHEVILLE — A collaboration between governmental agencies and nonprofit and faith-based organizations is repurposing some of the remnants of Tropical Storm Helene’s destruction into use for local residents. As part of a project developed by FEMA’s Interagency Recovery Coordination, thousands of trees damaged by Helene will be repurposed under a state project, FEMA announced in…
An employee with the Federal Emergency Management Agency instructed a disaster relief team to avoid houses displaying signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign, the agency’s administrator said Saturday. The employee, who was not named, was fired from her position, Administrator Deanne Criswell said in a post to social media on Saturday, calling it a violation…
The phone wasn’t working. Power and cell service had been out for a couple of days after Hurricane Helene, and Jeff Twersky was trying − again − to see if he could get a connection. Twersky, 69, a retired trial lawyer, was with his wife, family and friends in Weaverville, North Carolina, just outside Asheville,…
ALFRED, Maine — If there were big trouble on the coast – flooding, widespread road damage, bridges swamped, a stubborn uncontrolled fire in northern York County that threatens life and limb – the faster emergency officials can get the word out to the public, the better. Now, York County Emergency Management Agency officials have an…
JUNEAU – Former President Donald Trump rallied supporters in Dodge County for nearly two hours Sunday in his fourth Wisconsin event in nine days as he and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris crisscross this critical swing state ahead of next month’s election. The rally at the Dodge County Airport followed events Trump held Tuesday in the…
The storm that was expected to bring heavy rain to Florida intensified into Hurricane Milton on Sunday, and the National Hurricane Center is expecting it to become a category 3 hurricane by Wednesday when it lands on Florida’s Gulf Coast. Milton had sustained winds of 85 mph in the NHC’s 8 p.m. advisory on Sunday,…