Heidi Kirk

After a tornado warning the sent students to hide in closets Wednesday night and with heavy rain continuing to fall, Appalachian State University on Thursday canceled some of the events planned for the upcoming family weekend.

It's easy to take for granted the ability to fill up a gas tank, hop in the car and pull up your navigation. However, some people traveling in and out of western North Carolina this week to assist in the emergency response faced challenges without those services.

The Johnston County Sheriff's Office has teamed up with Airflow in Selma to deliver urgent relief to western North Carolina after Helene.

The group is comprised of 16 Raleigh firefighters, five firefighters from Durham and three from Chapel Hill.

Alpha Automotive's owner, Alex Burgess, survived an EF3 tornado in Rocky Mount. He said he plans to rebuild the business at a new location.

Hundreds of miles separate eastern North Carolina from some of the communities hardest hit by Helene, yet volunteers are stepping throughout the region to help recover.

As Hurricane Milton approaches landfall, crews from North Carolina are preparing to head to Florida to assist in hurricane recovery. Some of those crews come from Rocky Mount's Department of Energy Resources.

Local emergency responders are being asked to conserve IV bags due to a shortage caused by Hurricane Helene flooding a North Carolina manufacturing facility.

A five-county region in Eastern North Carolina, home to a large cluster of biotech and pharmaceutical manufacturers, is rapidly expanding.

The cost of living is going up and it's apparent in the Triangle, where Raleigh ranks in the top 25 cities with the highest income needed to live comfortably.