After Hurricane Helene decimated parts of western North Carolina, it was not just humans who answered the call for aid.

Like many of us, Yancey County’s Lynda Smith lived through the devastating blows wrought by Hurricane Helene when it ravaged ...

Standing near the top of a 4,000-foot ridge above Chambers Cove, geologist Jennifer Bauer turns away from the 30-degree slope we're climbing and looks out over the valley peeking through the trees ...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies, and the real answers: Question: Employees were told this week that the ...

Diane and Bill Merz detail their experience living through the storm, surviving off community help and generators ...

Through the power of social media and some community organizing, volunteers helped an elderly couple dig their home out of ...

Through the power of social media and some community organizing, volunteers helped an elderly couple dig their home out of ...

"The Loneliest Road in America" sounds foreboding, but I wasn't daunted - but it ended up being a bit more than I bargained ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verizon is teaming with ForgiveCo to eliminate $10 million in consumer debt for 6,500 Western ... Hundreds of North Carolina families are ...

GOT TO RUN HAS OPENED A NEW LOCATION ON ANDERSON ROAD. MANAGERS TELL US THEIR ... and activities you can visit in the Upstate and western North Carolina. You are welcome to send your ideas to ...

Edwards said private roads make up almost 50% of all roads in western North Carolina and Helene destroyed over 7,000 private roads, bridges and culverts. He’s aware some homeowners have received ...

HILLSDALE — A group of residents in the town plan to host a demonstration against the potential paving of two roads. The group wants two roads in the town, Appletree Lane and Texas Hill Road ...