Dianne Gallagher

1 month ago | accuweather.com | Graham Hurley |Dianne Gallagher

Matthew Rogers stands next to his Hendersonville, North Carolina, restaurant, Three Chopt Sandwich Shoppe. (Photo credit: Dianne Gallagher/CNN via CNN Newsource) Hendersonville, North Carolina (CNN) — Months ago, a washed-out bridge damaged during Hurricane Helene’s flooding temporarily blocked Matthew Rogers from returning to his beloved North Carolina cabin.

1 month ago | wral.com | Graham Hurley |Dianne Gallagher |Jessica Patrick

Hendersonville, North Carolina (CNN) — Months ago, a washed-out bridge damaged during Hurricane Helene’s flooding temporarily blocked Matthew Rogers from returning to his beloved North Carolina cabin. The lakeside property in Flat Rock that has been in his family for around 40 years – and has come to represent healing and hope, Rogers says – became a casualty of the recent wildfires in the state.

1 month ago | cnn.com | Graham Hurley |Dianne Gallagher

Matthew Rogers stands next to his Hendersonville, North Carolina, restaurant, Three Chopt Sandwich Shoppe. Dianne Gallagher/CNN Hendersonville, North Carolina CNN  —  Months ago, a washed-out bridge damaged during Hurricane Helene’s flooding temporarily blocked Matthew Rogers from returning to his beloved North Carolina cabin.

Jan 21, 2025 | waaytv.com | Zoe Sottile |Betsy Klein |Devon Sayers |Dianne Gallagher

(CNN) — In one of his last acts before leaving office, former President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents. Peltier, 80, will serve the remainder of his sentence at home. “It’s finally over – I’m going home,” Peltier said in a statement shared by NDN Collective, an Indigenous rights group in South Dakota. “I want to show the world I’m a good person with a good heart.

Jan 20, 2025 | local3news.com | Zoe Sottile |Betsy Klein |Devon Sayers |Dianne Gallagher

Peltier, 80, will serve the remainder of his sentence at home. “It’s finally over – I’m going home,” Peltier said in a statement shared by NDN Collective, an Indigenous rights group in South Dakota. “I want to show the world I’m a good person with a good heart. I want to help the people, just like my grandmother taught me.”Peltier was denied parole last year. He has spent almost 50 years – more than half of his life – in federal prison.