As western North Carolina continues to reconcile with the extent of storm damage from Hurricane #Helene, the Orange and Chatham County local governments are offering a hand. Orange County Emergency Services said its emergency operations center sent 11 EMS providers to the western part of the state on Friday to help with medical operations, while two emergency managers from the county were assigned to help with disaster shelter operations in the region. The Town of Chapel Hill helped as well, by sending two emergency managers to Buncombe County and the State Emergency Operations Center. Some Chapel Hill Police officers also assisted Asheville Police with operations over the weekend, while firefighters helped conduct swift water rescues and the town’s Crisis Unit supported first responders. Meanwhile, the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office circulated a call for donations to the Chatham Cares program — a disaster relief ministry run out of Community Baptist Church in Siler City. The group...