CANTON, N.C. — The first thing the mill workers noticed on what they later deemed “Black Monday” was the series of dark SUVs pulling up near the paper mill, at the heart of Canton, North Carolina. The ...
In Canton, a Western North Carolina town once defined by its paper mill, Tropical Storm Helene is the latest in a list of misfortunes. But Helene threatens to jeopardize the town’s glimmer of hope: ...