A year later: Community is making progress
Colby Rabon / Carolina Public Press. Scenes from along Locust Street in downtown Spruce Pine on Sept. 11, 2025. The Western NC town sustained major damage during Helene. Many stores have reopened but others are under repair or remain shuttered.
Jack Igelman
Carolina Public Press
On a mild late-summer afternoon in September, 86-year-old Tom Westall watered the flowers newly plant...
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