Parks and hiking trails in Catawba, Burke and McDowell counties are still being repaired four months after Hurricane Helene ...

OLD FORT, N.C. — Firefighters continue to make progress against the North Fork Fire in McDowell County, which is now 65% ...

Community members say the Fayetteville Park honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is one of their favorite monuments ...

McDowell Technical Community College's new Workforce Education Center in Old Fort is complete. It is the first office or ...

Wildfires have spread in McDowell County, North Carolina, an area already struggling to recover from Hurricane Helene.

In the 10+ years we’ve lived in Raleigh, we’ve never run out of things to do. It’s a thriving city but still holds a small-town feel and is always alive with fun festivals and events, new foodie ...

Welcome to the governor edition of our Under the Dome politics newsletter. I’m Dawn Vaughan, The News & Observer’s Capitol bureau chief. Democratic Gov. Josh Stein expanded a Helene recovery ...

North Carolina may have impressive mountain scenery, but its 3,375 miles of coastline refuse to be outdone. Case in point: The Outer Banks. “The Outer Banks are, by far, the place to be when talking ...

A cold front is expected in North Carolina next week ... Horne said forecast models are all over the place for potential snow next week. “Confidence is pretty low on the specifics for the ...

Pamlico, a 9-foot female manatee, has been released back into the wild in Florida after being the first manatee ever successfully rescued in North Carolina. North Carolina's first rescued manatee ...

A total of 24 people are dead, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner ... There are no evacuation orders in place now for Hurst Fire, and it is 95% contained. Concerning the Palisades ...

North Carolina is home to two of the nation’s most affordable places to retire, a new report finds. Winston-Salem ranks No. 6 and Greensboro is No. 10 on a list of cities offering favorable ...