Mary Lynn Manns’ two-bedroom home sits on a tranquil patch of land near the Swannanoa River. When she moved in a decade ago, she expected to live the rest of her life in the house. Then, Hurricane ...

For 30 years, The Blue Acres program has offered homeowners in high-risk flood zones the chance to relocate, preserving land ...

No applications for homeowner buyouts and disaster mitigation funding through the Federal Emergency Management Agency have been approved since Tropical Storm Helene hit Western North Carolina a year ...

Dangerous flooding has damaged neighborhoods in almost every state in 2025, leaving homes a muddy mess. In several hard-hit areas, it wasn’t the first time homeowners found themselves tearing out wet ...

More than 300 western North Carolina property owners are stuck in limbo on a stalled federal program to buy flooded properties from Helene, according to the Governor's Recovery Office for Western ...

WOODFORD COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - Families impacted by flood damage in Woodford County this past spring are seeing movement again in the federal buyout program after a 43-day government shutdown stalled ...

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As reported by Golden Gate Xpress, senior associate vice president Ingrid Williams told the University Budget Committee that ...

When state lawmakers passed legislation adding $11 billion to Chicago’s police and fire pension liabilities, it wasn’t just bad policy — it was a fiscal grenade tossed into an unstable situation. That ...

The Maryland Board of Public Works approved buyouts for 332 state employees Wednesday, saving the state over $10 million this fiscal year. “The Voluntary Separation Program was a critical component to ...