Thanks to President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, Western North Carolina is finally able to rebuild. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy has spearheaded the construction of the portion of I-40 that was washed away in North Carolina. This was a critical artery from the high country into other states. The Army Corps of Engineers is shoring up roads and clearing out large debris, and FEMA is finally doing what it was supposed to do five months ago. Elections have consequences, and in this case, the consequences are a net positive.
But the local community is still stepping up and showing up in the most powerful of ways. It is one thing to go through traumatic events and come through on the other side intact. It is a whole other thing to then turn around to help others as they make their way through. Young people being the change for their world…
