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1. Helene's destruction hasn't stopped N.C. election workers and voters
Finding a new place to set up voting machines — one that hadn't been damaged, had enough room and had access to power — was among the countless hurdles election officials, poll workers and voters have had to manage since Helene brought widespread death and destruction to western North Carolina.
2. Asheville business rebuilds after being washed away during Helene
Many people have seen the viral video of a building in Asheville washing down the river before getting split in half by a power pole. That building was the Asheville Tea Company along the Swannanoa River.
3. 'Ginger-works-of-art’: National Gingerbread House Competition canceled at Omni Park
The Omni Grove Park Inn canceled the event after witnessing the hardships of the community after the Hurricane Helene moved through the Carolinas.
1. Trump targets hardcore partisans, Harris goes after moderates: Inside the campaign's final sprint
2. McDonald's tries to reassure customers after deadly E. coli outbreak
3. Crew-8 undocks from International Space Station; it will be a more than 30-hour ride home