In the forests near Asheville, rare fireflies known as "blue ghosts" are lighting up the woods – and helping a storm-battered ...

President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” that passed in the House last week may financially stress tens of thousands of ...

One program distributes laptops in rural Iowa. Another helped people get back online after Hurricane Helene washed away ...

As I’m writing, North Carolina is staring down yet another hurricane season. We can’t just wait for FEMA to resolve itself.

A report has detailed the immense impact of damages caused by Hurricane Helene on small-scale farming in Western North ...

NC Governor Josh Stein is disappointed by FEMA's denial of full debris removal reimbursement, fearing budget strain.

North Carolina taxpayers will be on the hook for “potentially hundreds of millions of dollars” to clean up Western NC, ...

As the timeline for Hurricane Helene relief funding from the state and federal government remains unknown, multiple areas across Western North Carolina continue playing the waiting game.

The recovery plan for communities devastated by and wildfires across Western North Carolina approved in 106-0 vote on Thursday marked the fifth round of Helene recovery funds, bringing the total House ...

This is the first time in the country an auditor’s office is using real-time data to track money as it leaves for disaster ...

In the presidential election, Donald Trump won North Carolina’s 16 electoral votes thanks to 2,898,423 voters who pulled the lever for him — with many believing that he would deliver billions of ...

As the timeline for Hurricane Helene relief funding from the state and federal government remains unknown, multiple areas across Western North Carolina continue to play the waiting game.