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Santiago Ochoa

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  • Three water quality tests sit inside an incubator in Steven Finch's shop in Boone, N.C., on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. The more orange-looking bottle on the right indicates coliform bacteria was present in the water sample. SANTIAGO OCHOA/WFDD
    • Health & Safety
    • Climate

    In western North Carolina, thousands are facing bacteria-infested water wells

    by Santiago Ochoa

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  • A ravine formed by Hurricane Helene cuts through a road in Boone, N.C., on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. SANTIAGO OCHOA/WFDD
    • Health & Safety
    • Climate

    State urges private well owners to test water after Helene flooding

    by Santiago Ochoa

  • Clouds hover over the mountains in Watauga County at dusk just days after Hurricane Helene in Boone, N.C., on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. SANTIAGO OCHOA/WFDD
    • Environment
    • Politics & Government

    Victims of Helene in North Carolina receive millions in federal grants

    by Santiago Ochoa

  • A rockslide caused by Hurricane Helene settles at a the bottom of a hill in Boone, N.C., on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. SANTIAGO OCHOA/WFDD
    • Climate
    • Politics & Government

    What is FEMA doing in Western North Carolina? An agency spokesperson explains

    by Santiago Ochoa

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  • The mountains south of Ashe County are lit up by the early morning sun. AP/GERRY BROOME
    • Health & Safety
    • Climate

    Ashe Memorial Hospital mostly untouched by Hurricane Helene

    by Santiago Ochoa

  • Novant health is offering free telehealth appointments to victims or Hurricane Helen in Western North Carolina. AP/TONY TALBOT
    • Health & Safety

    Novant Health offers free telehealth appointments to victims of Hurricane Helene

    by Santiago Ochoa

  • Public Health AmeriCorps members, including Rafaela Capelate De Oliveira (center) listen to multiple AmeriCorps officials speak while sitting in the lobby of the Community Care Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. SANTIAGO OCHOA/WFDD
    • Health & Safety

    AmeriCorps grants $200,000 to health equity efforts in Winston-Salem

    by Santiago Ochoa

  • Bidian Pascual chops cilantro in the kitchen of the Taqueria La Monarca in Boone, on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. SANTIAGO OCHOA/WFDD
    • Business
    • Climate

    In Boone, a taqueria serves warm, fresh food to hundreds in Helene-ravaged Watauga County

    by Santiago Ochoa

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