A Blue Ridge Parkway section opened July 21 near Linville Falls and Beacon Heights, as crews push through the first round of Helene recovery.

As Buncombe County staff indicate a large amount of debris has "collapsed" timelines for landfill expansion, most debris sites are set to close.

Fager, like many survivors, sees the attention as an unsettling aftershock of Helene, one that lingers even after the ...