
Kathy Park
News Correspondent at NBC News
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3 weeks ago |
asianamericans.einnews.com | Kaitlyn Schwanemann |Kathy Park
Natalie Nakase, the WNBA’s first Asian American head coach, is channeling the spirit of a Valkyrie woman warrior as the season gets underway Friday. With Nakase, 45, on their team, the Golden State Valkyries are making waves as the WNBA’s first new team in the league in more than 15 years. Nakase told NBC News she’s had to fight her whole life to get where she is now. “I’ve always been the only girl walking into the NBA gym and all guys — it’s the same,” Nakase said.
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3 weeks ago |
nbcnews.com | Kaitlyn Schwanemann |Kathy Park
May 16, 2025, 12:58 PM EDTBy and Natalie Nakase, the WNBA’s first Asian American head coach, is channeling the spirit of a Valkyrie woman warrior as the season gets underway Friday. With Nakase, 45, on their team, the Golden State Valkyries are making waves as the WNBA’s first expansion draft — or new team in the league — in more than 15 years. Nakase told NBC News she’s had to fight her whole life to get where she is now.
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Oct 25, 2024 |
nbcnews.com | Kathy Park |Daniella Silva
Oct. 25, 2024, 9:51 PM UTCASHEVILLE, N.C. — One month after Hurricane Helene destroyed mountain towns, swept away homes and upended countless lives here, thousands of Buncombe County’s students returned to school Friday. Students were hopeful and said it was a joyous occasion to be able to reconnect with friends and see some normalcy return to their lives after the storm brought catastrophic flooding and record-breaking rain to some parts of western North Carolina.
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Oct 18, 2024 |
nbcnews.com | Laura Strickler |Frank Thorp V |Kathy Park
Oct. 18, 2024, 3:31 PM UTCWhen the river began to rise in Asheville, North Carolina, last month, Lucious Wilson stood on a nearby hill and watched as his brewery slowly vanished in the floodwaters generated by Hurricane Helene. “We need help,” he told NBC News this week, standing near the ruins of his business, Wedge Brewery. “We don’t need politics.”But a key source of federal aid may not be available any time soon for those impacted by the recent hurricanes.
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Oct 16, 2024 |
nbcnews.com | Kathy Park |Elizabeth Chuck
Oct. 16, 2024, 10:47 PM UTCASHEVILLE, N.C. — When schools here reopen for the first time since Hurricane Helene unleashed a frightening deluge on western North Carolina, teachers won’t simply pick up where they left off in their lesson plans. They’ll also provide a space for students to discuss the life-altering effect the storm had on their region. While all Asheville City Schools students and staff members have been accounted for, they are grieving the deaths of other members of their community.
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