For the first time in eight months, North Carolina is drought-free. In its latest advisory issued Thursday, the North Carolina Drought Management Advisory Council, or DMAC, announced that the state is ...

A school board resolution acknowledges that technology plays an essential role in modern education but says it has to be “balanced with proven traditional methods to best support student achievement ...

Yancey prepares to exit library system. Grassroots group hires law firm to counter those plans, which they say violate rights ...

The new system is more efficient, more modern, and means social workers are getting real-time information to support their ...

Summer Games concluded June 1 in the Raleigh area, ending a weekend of competition for nearly 1,500 Special Olympics athletes ...

Residents say they plan to bring a lawsuit against Yancey County after its split from the regional library board in response ...

The missing include one person from Avery County, one from Mitchell County and three from Yancey County -- all of whom have not been in contact since the Category 4 hurricane hit North Carolina in ...

Avery County still has one person missing from ... searching but so far have not found Kim’s body. Elsewhere in North Carolina, four others remain missing: Alena Ayers of the Relief community ...

Identifying and accessing care options has become more difficult and involved than ever before, not just in Avery County, but for mothers-to-be in rural counties across North Carolina. This is ...