From left, EPA Administrator Michael Regan, Gov. Roy Cooper, and Senator Tom Tillis met with local leaders the the North Fork Reservoir in Black Mountain, October 10, 2024. North Carolina Gov. Roy ...

The deadline to apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) has been extended to Jan. 7, 2025, for people in 39 North Carolina counties and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina.

Residents in Forsyth and six other Triad and northwest North Carolina counties now have until March 10 to apply for additional Hurricane Helene-related unemployment benefits, the N.C. Division of ...

Twenty-five North Carolina counties and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina received approval for disaster unemployment assistance [DUA], the Division of Employment Security [DES] ...

Federal unemployment benefits have started being paid out in North Carolina, three weeks after Congress and President Donald Trump approved a coronavirus stimulus package with the extra benefits.

A sign outside an Asheville business on December 3, 2024. Hurricane Helene has taken a devastating toll on the region’s economy, with Buncombe County’s unemployment rate soaring — from the state’s ...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order on Wednesday to increase unemployment benefits for workers who are impacted by Hurricane Helene and are struggling to make ends meets. The ...