Along the Trent River sits Tryon Palace and the North Carolina History Center. The Palace was the colony's first capitol from 1770 and then the state's capitol after the Revolutionary War.

This comes as NC lawmakers are also weighing what state aid to provide for Helene recovery in Western North Carolina.

2018 file photo Bob Adams walks past the discarded belonging of his mother’s home in Trenton, N.C. The home located next to the Trent River had ... agency ReBuild NC testified before a ...