There are 5 article(s) tagged Hurricane Helene:

• January 2025

  • Governor calls special session on school vouchers, immigration

    Critics of Tennessee’s voucher proposal allege the program is financially unsustainable in the long term and will siphon funds away from public schools.

    By Benjamin Smith January 15, 2025

• October 2024

  • Conaway: Oceans give rise to storms and lies. We must rise to meet them.

    “The truth is that no one is asking the people that have lost everything whether or not they are Republican or Democrat before they help them, no more than those two walkers on the beach asked me.”

    By Dan Conaway October 11, 2024

  • Echols: Visiting the Biltmore — before Hurricane Helene

    “As utterly wonderful as a place may be, it really is the people who are the heartbeat behind it.” Now the North Carolina mansion is closed indefinitely.

    By Candace Echols October 06, 2024

  • Political Roundup: TN Republicans share misinformation after Helene

    Also, all eyes are on the Gillespie vs. Huseth race, Tennessee Democrats get funding from DNC and remembering Winfield Dunn.

    By Bill Dries October 06, 2024

  • Memphis-area firefighters help in Hurricane Helene aftermath

    Tennessee Task Force 1 members stationed in western North Carolina, represent the Memphis Fire Department as well as fire departments in Shelby County, Bartlett, Millington, Collierville, Germantown and Milan.

    By Jody Callahan October 04, 2024