Gov. Stein is commemorating the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Helene on Friday morning with a press conference along I-40 at the Pigeon River Gorge with NCDOT officials. His office says 96% of water systems are back online, nearly all state-maintained roads are open, and all 13 affected state parks have at least partially reopened. Last week, the National Park Service reopened the Blue Ridge Parkway from Asheville to Mount Mitchell.