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In June 2021, 9 family members went tubing on the Dan River. Unaware of the hazard, everyone went over a low-head dam, killing 5.

Rockingham County is partnering with Rockingham Community College for an EMT program to help curb staffing challenges.

Damage is extensive around the county. The efforts to clear debris is an all-hands-on-deck situation.

Current full-time and part-time employees to get $5,000 in bonuses.

Firefighters are working a massive fire at an old tobacco warehouse in Rockingham County on Monday.

Nine people got into the river upstream from the Duke Energy dam. Emergency officials say most people get out before reaching the dam, but the tubers didn't.

By Neill Caldwell neill.caldwell@thestokesnews.com A Duke Energy helicopter doing powerline inspections went down last week in Rockingham County. The pilot was killed and two crew injured. A King man was one of two passengers injured in last week’s fiery helicopter crash in neighboring Rockingham County. A Duke Energy helicopter was conducting routine power line inspection near the Dan River Steam Station near Eden when the crash occurred. No cause of the crash has been released. Travis Deza...

Theres no word yet on what may have caused the crash that killed the pilot and left two injured. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating. EDEN — Investigators from the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board were busy analyzing the crash site and wreckage here Thursday after a Duke Energy Bell 429 helicopter crashed Wednesday, killing the pilot and injuring the two other men on board. "We have two investigators down there today, examining t...

Greensboro News & Record EDEN — Two men escaped from a fiery Duke Energy helicopter crash here Wednesday afternoon, but their pilot died when the Bell 429 aircraft went down in a wooded area near the Dan River Combined Cycle Station. Officials had not released the names of the men, all employed by Duke Energy, as of 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. The two injured passengers were rescued by emergency personnel and one remained at UNC Rockingham Health Care here where he was listed in fair ...

It isnt immediately clear what caused a helicopter to crash near Eden on Wednesday, but two people were injured. Fires around the helicopter were still burning hours after the crash.