'Emergency Update' || All of downtown Newport being evacuated after 'catastrophic failure' of dam in Waterville, NC
The Tennessee Department of Transportation shared video of flooding overtaking the Pigeon River Smokehouse off I-40. In ...
Hurricane Helene claimed nearly 250 lives, including 18 in Tennessee, report says
The Pigeon River in Newport went six-feet higher than the previous recorded crest, something that stood for over 120 years.
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Restoration of railway bridge brings sense of normalcy back to Newport community
(WATE) — A railway bridge in Newport is being replaced more than ... of a Norfolk Southern Railway AS line and sits over the Pigeon River. It was severely damaged in the storm and covered ...
Cocke Co. neighbors and leaders reflect on 6 months since Hurricane Helene
NEWPORT, Tenn. — WBIR is checking in on neighbors across East Tennessee as communities recover 6 months after Hurricane ...
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Norfolk Southern to mark key milestone in post-Helene rail restoration this week
The collapsed bridge that carried Norfolk Southern's AS Line above the Pigeon River in Newport, Tennessee, as seen in October 2024. Norfolk Southern takes a major step this week in rebuilding a ...
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5 months after Helene, a railway that connects Cocke County to Western North Carolina is being rebuilt
NEWPORT, Tennessee — A railway was damaged ... they placed the second of three sections of the bridge above the Pigeon River. Spokesperson Heather Garcia said they're completing critical work ...