Cory Vaillancourt
@coryvaillancourt
Politics Editor, The Smoky Mountain News. Seen/heard WaPo/NPR/CNN & elsewhere. Views=mine. Disclaimers=weird. #ncpol #ncga #helene #AVL #NC11 #election2024
"Islands in the Sky: A People’s History of Hurricane Helene" launches tonight at the Edneyville Community Center, 5-8 p.m. — get your copy, meet creators & celebrate this milestone in one of the communities most affected by Helene. Free and open to all. See you there! 15 Ida Rogers Rd. Edneyville
BREAKING: The Town of Canton has unanimously passed a moratorium on data centers. More to come on this soon.
A group of veterans is currently demonstrating outside the Charles George VA in Asheville ahead of VA Secretary Doug Collins' visit today.
Federal gun charges, animal cruelty, chopping people’s hands off & drinking one’s own urine — in a Hurricane Helene story! Here's another insane investigation of the personalities behind popular “charitable relief” efforts in Haywood County & WNC. smokymountainnews.com/news/item/39...
Gov. @JoshStein_ is about to speak at the Buncombe County government administration building, announcing executive orders related to Hurricane #Helene in #WNC. Sen. Corbin leads off — more to come ...
White reiterated that there was no direct grant assistance for small businesses in any of the legislation passed by the General Assembly.
“Are there any directed grants to some of the small businesses that [are] already underwater with loans?” Clampitt asked. “They don't need any more loans, but are there directed grants available to them?” (2/3)