On September 26, 2024, Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida as a category 4 hurricane. This storm would soon make its way to western Virginia and western North Carolina, leaving behind extreme ...

Originally formed in 2006 in Des Moines, Iowa, the nonprofit expanded to Western North Carolina when Shumate moved to Black ...

Four western North Carolina families share housing challenges they live daily some six months after Helene’s devastation.

The experiences of four people below are glimpses into ordeals that many in Western North Carolina face now ... blow after the storm came before Christmas. To limit clutter inside the two-bed ...

FEMA money, private insurance payouts and lots of private donations have helped many of the thousands of people displaced after Helene’s historic destruction in Western North Carolina.

According to the National Weather Service, Wilmington has received more snow this winter than Asheville and twice as much as ...

there weren't as many snow-producing systems reaching western North Carolina during these years," he said. "This past winter, Asheville only had two days with measurable snowfall, which really ...

Majorian is named for a Roman emperor, the Lemur Center said in its birth announcement: a Western Roman emperor ... News & Observer who writes about North Carolina culture, religion and social ...

Christmas in July (July 5-6 ... food and more fill the streets of Rutherfordton in western North Carolina. Autumn Leaves Festival (Oct. 11-13) - Enjoy soul food, bluegrass music and more ...