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The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding those impacted by Helene that they still have time to apply for disaster relief.

When Gov. Josh Stein took office in January, he inherited the fallout from one of the worst natural disasters in the state鈥檚 history. The estimated $60 billion recovery from Hurricane Helene has been Stein鈥檚 鈥渢op priority as governor,鈥� the Democrat told Carolina Public Press. His initial days in office have shown it.

Alena Ayers disappeared in the floodwaters of Hurricane Helene. Her loved ones are pushing for change.

North Carolina鈥檚 legislature passed more than $1 billion with two Helene recovery funding bills in October, but by mid-February, about two-thirds of that money still hadn鈥檛 been spent.

It has been six months since Helene ripped through Western North Carolina and perpetually altered life in the mountains. We check-in on recovery, communities, workers, and tourism half a year after Helene.

After weeks of deliberations at the state legislature, another round of Helene recovery funding has been signed into law.

The state Senate is moving forward this week with a half-billion-dollar Helene recovery bill, making minor revisions to the House's funding proposal.

Republicans in the N.C. House want to help farmers recover from last year's natural disasters with a new crop loss grant program.

The state House introduced a new $500 million Helene recovery funding bill Wednesday. The amount is about half of what Gov. Josh Stein proposed spending earlier this week, although the two plans for western North Carolina include many similar programs.

A state agency tasked with rebuilding homes damaged in hurricanes Matthew and Florence is asking the legislature for more money, saying it otherwise won't finish the long-delayed recovery from storms that hit North Carolina more than six years ago.