U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visits Asheville's River Arts District with Governor Roy Cooper as the area continues to recover from Helene.

The vacant Riverview Farm & Garden storefront in Canton — a business battered by floodwaters four times in the past two decades — was a fitting assembly point when Mayor

The Governor also discussed restoring parts of I-40 and other federal roads that remain closed in the wake of Helene, saying that “rebuilding transportation in a more resilient way in western North Carolina is going to be the key to making sure that this community,

Sections of I-40 and I-26 have been closed for weeks following severe flooding caused by Helene and on Oct. 17 U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg was in east tennessee to assess the damage.