Governor Josh Stein on Thursday called on Congress to send more money to western North Carolina to rebuild infrastructure that was damaged by Hurricane Helene.
Standing in front of the former Pactiv Evergreen paper mill site in Canton, Stein highlighted $3.5 million that the town is receiving from the federal government to build a new wastewater treatment plant. The funding was announced in April.
In total, Washington has sent $861 million to help western North Carolina counties rebuild their water infrastructure post-Helene. But Gov. Stein says the money is far from enough…