ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- Approaching the one-year mark since Hurricane Helene struck, Western North Carolina is receiving much-needed recovery funding that was previously restored..

In April, AmeriCorps ordered over 50 full-time volunteers to stop working on Helene recovery efforts in Western North Carolina. This decision was part of a broader termination of over 750 National Civilian Community Corps volunteers and more than $400 million in service programs nationwide.

A few weeks later, North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson joined a coalition of 22 other attorneys general in suing AmeriCorps for failing to administer already-approved grants. On Friday, he announced that the agency and the Office of Management and Budget had agreed to release all of the funds and distribut

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