President Donald Trump during a January 2025 visit to North Carolina named Michael Whatley as being in charge of the response to Hurricane Helene’s devastation in North Carolina. Whatley’s campaign, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As former Gov. Roy Cooper campaigns for U.S. Senate, Republicans argue that hurricane recovery under his administration took too ...

A North Carolina state audit is challenging former Gov. Roy Cooper’s hurricane recovery claims by showing that only 3,522 homes were completed through the state’s HUD-funded rebuilding program and ...

Hurricane Helene’s stalled recovery is quickly emerging as one of the most politically volatile issues in North Carolina’s marquee Senate race, with both Republican front-runner Michael Whatley and ...

Editor's note: This article has been updated to reflect that U.S. Rep. Michael Cloud signed on as a co-sponsor this week to the disaster relief bill filed last week. The update also reflects efforts ...

Democrats and former Gov. Roy Cooper have spent months tying Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley to Hurricane Helene recovery in western North Carolina, calling him the region's "recovery ...