NEWLAND, N.C. (WGHP) — As western North Carolina slowly recovers from the devastation of Hurricane Helene, a Tarheel mountain town will once again supply the White House Christmas Tree. Since 1966, the National Christmas Tree Association has picked the farm to provide each year's tree by holding the National Christmas Tree Contest. This year, Cartner’s Christmas Tree Farm in Newland, North Carolina, was named grand champion. Fallen fire chief who died from Hurricane Helene honored in North Carolina White House staff will visit Cartner's Blue Ridge Christmas Tree Farm on Oct. 28 to select the tree to display in the Blue Room of the White House this winter. The tree will be harvested on Nov. 20 and presented to First Lady Jill Biden in Washington, D.C. On November 20, 2023, First Lady Jill Biden speaks to reporters in front of the official 2023 White House Christmas Tree at the White House in Washington, DC. Biden was joined by military-connected families to receive the 18-and-a-half-foot Fraser Fir from Fleetwood, North Carolina. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) On November 19, 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump look at the North Carolina-grown Fraser Fir Christmas tree at the North Portico as it makes its way to the Blue Room for display at the White House in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) On November 28, 2012, the official White House Christmas tree, an 18-foot-6-inch Fraser Fir from Jefferson, North Carolina, stands in the Blue Room during a preview of the 2012 White House holiday decorations at the White House in Washington, DC. The first lady welcomed military families, including Gold Star and Blue Star parents, spouses and children, to the White House for the first viewing of the 2012 holiday decorations. The theme for the White House Christmas 2012 is "Joy to All." (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) This year will mark the 16th time since 1961 that the White House Christmas tree has been harvested from North Carolina, the second largest Christmas-tree-producing state in the country. Pennsylvania is the only state to come close with 11 times. This will also be the third time that the Biden Administration has hosted a North Carolina tree. The 2023 tree was harvested from Fleetwood, North Carolina, and the 2021 tree was harvested from Jefferson, North Carolina. Biden's 2022 tree came from Auburn, Pennsylvania. On December 4, 2005, US President George W Bush (center) and First Lady Laura Bush (third right) pose with the 2005 Kennedy Center honorees in front of a Christmas tree sourced from Laurel Springs, North Carolina, in the White House's Blue Room, Washington DC. Pictured are honorees, from left, actors Julie Harris & Robert Redford, singer Tina Turner, and, from second right, ballet dancer Suzanne Farrell & singer Tony Bennett (1926 - 2023). (Photo by Eric Draper - White House via CNP/Getty Images) On November 26, 1997, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton (L) stands next to Anthony (C) and Adnenne(R) Brown as she speaks to reporters about the White House Christmas Tree, sourced from Grassy Creek, North Carolina, at the South entrance of the White House in Washington DC. (PAUL RICHARDS/AFP via Getty Images) The only other presidents to host a North Carolina tree for three Christmases were former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton. Western North Carolina, where 96% of North Carolina's Christmas tree production is located, was struck by Hurricane Helene in late September. The storm left countless homes without power and hundreds of roads closed due to debris and damage if not washed out entirely. Nevertheless, North Carolina's Christmas tree farms endured. Sam Cartner, of Cartner’s Christmas Tree Farm, was among the Christmas tree farmers to voice concerns to the Asheville Citizen-Times over how road conditions could impact shipment. Cartner says the farm uses highways like U.S. 19E to travel through the area, but many, including 19E, remain entirely closed or closed to tractor-trailers. “I’m sure there’s a lot of farmers that need access to it and it won’t be open,” Cartner told the Citizen-Times. “So that’s a big deal.” Despite the widespread damage, growers and North Carolina Christmas Tree Association Executive Director Jennifer Greene remain optimistic. "Christmas tree farmers are resilient, and they possess the grit and determination to overcome the most challenging circumstances," Greene said in an Oct. 9 statement on Facebook. She said that she does not expect the supply of real North Carolina Fraser fir Christmas trees to be significantly impacted this holiday season. "We have a long way to go, but we have every confidence that in November, we will welcome our faithful friends to our local choose and cut farms and our wholesale Christmas trees will be on their way down the mountain, ready to help families celebrate the merriest season of all," Greene said.