Daniel Wright usually wakes up around 4:30 a.m. He purchases $20 worth of gas for his generator and drives from his current rental in West Asheville to his home in Swannanoa. When he arrives at his ...

SWANNANOA- From clothing to food, medicine and books, a supply center popped up in the front yard of a home along Old U.S. 70, amid rubble of houses and businesses. On the afternoon of Nov.

Editor’s note: Citizen Times reporter Ryley Ober kayaked about 20 miles of the Swannanoa River from Black Mountain to the French Broad River in early November to document the aftermath of Helene.