Houses were floating down rivers in videos on John Pledger’s phone as Helene moved through the North Carolina mountains. He watched at his home in Asheboro and wondered how he could help. “Then I saw ...

The U.S. government has deployed thousands of honeybees on its buildings in the country to assess and promote the health of bees and other pollinators who play a key role in food production. The ...

John Pledger, a beekeeper from Asheboro who runs a beekeeping supply company, is building and donating hives to people in Western North Carolina who lost their hives to Helene’s flooding. Courtesy ...