A team of mules is helping deliver much-needed aid to North Carolina residents stranded by the devastating effects of Hurricane Helene. With hundreds of roads still impassable due to storm damage ...

Mountain Mule Packers walk along damaged road in Montreat, North Carolina days after Helene passed through the Buncombe County town. Tom Widmer These first responders weren’t aware of their ...

"We'll take our chainsaws, and we'll push those mules through," he said, noting that each one can carry about 200 pounds (90 kilograms) of supplies. Western North Carolina suffered relatively more ...

Polly and Bernie Harberts make their way down Piney Woods Road to the Fairfield United Methodist Church. The covered wagon is loaded with supplies, bedding, a small stove/heater and other ...