The N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources and N.C. State Parks announced today that Chimney Rock State Park and ...

USA TODAY spoke with National Hurricane Center Director Michael Brennan about what you should do to prepare for hurricane ...

Chimney Rock State Park is set to reopen to visitors on Friday, June 27, exactly nine months after Hurricane Helene caused ...

A little more than eight months after Helene's rains caused extensive damage, Hendersonville's Harris Teeter is set to reopen ...

From CPP: Rebuild with resilience. Listening to NC people along flood-prone streams, yields insights, solutions, hope. Months ...

Helene hit North Carolina as a tropical storm on Sept. 27, 2024, leaving death and destruction across the state. Here is ongoing coverage from The News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer about ...

A group of Charlotte middle schoolers first banded together when they were in elementary school. They formed a local ...

When federal resources aren’t certain, personal and local preparedness becomes all that more important,” Stein said. “The ...

The news coming out of the federal government these days has been testing the mettle of food program administrators — especially as the U.S. Senate takes up cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition ...

So far, 71 flood victims in Haywood County are seeking a buyout of their damaged homes from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, leaving a patchwork of vacant property across the county in ...

Wood’s $159 million budget recommended a 10% increase to the city’s budget above the current fiscal year. The general fund ...

The costliest hurricane to impact the U.S. was Hurricane Katrina (2005), which caused an estimated $201.3 billion in damage.