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Laurel Park is fed up with pace of FEMA aid

Laurel Park Mayor Carey O'Cain is shown speaking at the ribbon cutting for the Ecusta Trail on July 18.

By Bill Moss, Published: July 23, 2025

Throughout the mountains, small towns thrashed by Hurricane Helene have it bad. In Henderson County, none was harder hit than Laurel Park, and the mayor is past losing patience with the pace of federal disaster aid.

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