Helene ravaged NC’s Nolichucky River, now an illegal mine is polluting it It took months for the state to get the gravel mine to shut down in 2025. Residents worry now that it may be impossible to stop the site from leaching sediment and toxins into the Nolichucky.

#Helene turned the #Nolichucky, a 115-mile long world-class whitewater rafting site, into a treacherous obstacle course, But residents say an illegal mining operation came in under the guise of digging stone and gravel to help the railroad rebuild
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missing the summer a little bit and missing our river A LOT.

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