North Carolina congressional and legislative districts drawn by Republicans that helped them retain majorities in Raleigh and Washington are in court, as federal lawsuits accuse mapmakers of illegally ...

Despite major damages to waterways caused by Helene, these Western NC locations were voted among 2025's best by USA TODAY ...

WHKP has learned that the state owned and managed Chimney Rock Park will be re-opening on Friday, June 27th for the first ...

The town of Lake Lure released its latest recovery numbers this past Friday: 314,000 tons of silt and sediment has been ...

LAKE LURE, N.C. — It’s hard to forget the images from Lake Lure following the destruction of Hurricane Helene. Over 22 inches ...

Post-Helene, local governments have more shredded debris than they can easily manage. It will be months before it can all be ...

Hurricane Helene devastated towns across the south in September, causing record rainfall and triggering historic flooding. Seven months later, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is still on ...

An excavator scooped silt out of the lake, the drone of equipment mixing with pattering rain. When Tropical Storm Helene ravaged areas of Western North Carolina in September, the town of Lake Lure ...

In this Oct. 2, 2024, file photo, the remnants of a home are seen in Lake Lure, North Carolina, after the passage ... It is still working its way through the House before a vote.

Some spots and homes were spared ... Ham and digital storyteller William Winnett returned to the mountains of North Carolina to reconnect with those people. They spent another 96 hours on the ...

Exactly 345 days ago, NC State was celebrating its first ACC tournament championship in decades, the precursor to a miraculous Final Four run. That postseason surge earned Kevin Keatts a contract ...

The iconic Lodge on Lake ... Western North Carolina, so a lot of this stuff that we do for the menu here is as local as I can possibly get it. This is our crispy Duroc pork belly, house-made ...