Roy Williams, a Western North Carolina native and Hall of Fame basketball coach at UNC-Chapel Hill, says his home region still needs "all the help that we can get" as it recovers from the catastrophic damage caused by Hurricane Helene.

On Monday at 4:41 a.m. the NWS Blacksburg VA issued a wind advisory in effect until noon. The advisory is for Ashe, Alleghany and Watauga counties.

The National Weather Service assured the community that the flooding is unlikely to progress beyond "nuisance flooding."

The NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC issued a winter weather advisory at 3:30 a.m. on Tuesday valid from Wednesday 6 a.m. until Thursday noon. The advisory is for Northern Jackson, Southern Jackson, Caldwell Mountains,

On Tuesday at 2:54 p.m. the NWS Wilmington NC issued a winter weather advisory valid from Wednesday 1 p.m. until Thursday 10 a.m. The advisory is for Coastal Pender, Inland New Hanover and Inland Brunswick as well as Columbus County.

A winter weather advisory has been issued for the Charlotte area and nearly all of the western half of North Carolina as the latest snow system draws near. The advisory is set to take effect at 6 a.m.

Preparations are underway for a February winter storm in central North Carolina. DOGE identified a nearly untraceable code linking payments to the U.S. Treasury to a budget line item, accounting for nearly $4.

Gov. Josh Stein declared a state of emergency on Tuesday for North Carolina ahead of Wednesday’s anticipated winter weather. The announcement was made at 11:15 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 18, as snow showers could bring a mix of wintry weather and rain to many parts of North Carolina.