“It’s a feeling, it’s a family, it’s everything, it’s so much more than just a building,” Julia Collins, the coach for WCU’s collegiate equestrian team said, about her barn in Candler, NC. Collins has owned Over the River Farms for 25 years. For eight of those years, she has worked […]
Hurricane Helene
#WNCSmart: Shoreline expert Robert Young discusses the damages and repairs of Hurricane Helene
On Tuesday, Oct. 8, 12 days after Hurricane Helene arrived in Western North Carolina, reporters Deanna Sipe and Marrah Ste. Marie interviewed the director of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines, Robert Young. The interview was broadcast live on 95.3 FM WWCU during the station’s coverage of Hurricane […]
In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene
Western North Carolina has been hit with the most devastating storm it has seen in modern history. Hurricane Helene made landfall along the Florida Gulf coast late Sept. 26. The storm impacted North Carolina in the early morning hours of Sept. 27. Western Carolina University has been monitoring the impact […]