Anyone who has tried to reach Hickory Nut Gorge via U.S. 64 or go from Saluda to Tryon on U.S. 176 or drive on Davis Mountain or Finley Cove roads in town can see that the state has plenty of work to ...

The Polk County Board of Education honored longtime board attorney Phillip Feagan during its regular monthly meeting Monday ...

The state park, nestled 25 miles outside of Asheville in Rutherford County, was one of 13 that was shut down after the storm, ...

Eight months after Hurricane Helene swept through Chimney Rock, the tourist town still isn't ready to welcome summer visitors ...

The USDA extended two critical cost-share programs helping Western NC farmers recover from Tropical Storm Helene, the agency announced June 13.

Konrad noted that the Triad typically experiences about one tropical system per year. Because the region is located inland, he added, hurricanes usually reach the area in a “relatively weak” ...

"There are so many slopes that are still unstable." Local hero steps up with incredible effort in wake of devastating ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cloudy. Patchy fog this morning. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms this morning then a chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Locally heavy rainfall possible this ...

In North Carolina, volunteers are re-building bridges that were swept away during Hurricane Helene. The bridges will finally allow access to houses that have been cut off by the storm for nine months.