Our North Carolina voter guide allows you to preview your ballot and learn more about state and local candidates this ...

Tight-knit mountain towns like Chimney Rock were built on the promise of relaxed living. Now they face hard decisions about ...

Three small schools in Western North Carolina, already facing a tough environment, weathered a historic storm.

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This article is published in partnership with The Food Section. On the Thursday after Helene struck western North Carolina, stocks were running low at the Ingles Markets in South Asheville’s Skyland ...

He's known as the TikTok lawmaker. But Jackson's path from adolescence to Afghanistan to Congress wound through politically complex territory.

Times are tough for small, private colleges. FAFSA fiascos, enrollment cliffs, return-on-investment concerns—it’s a lot. So when I read about the “biblical devastation” that Hurricane Helene brought ...

This historically Black community just outside of Boone has weathered quite a bit over its history. Helene presents a new challenge.

The Republican primary runoff in Montgomery County seemed an unlikely target for outrage over election integrity. Fewer than 500 people voted that day. But county elections director Rhonda Johnson ...

May’s Republican primary runoff in Montgomery County seemed an unlikely target for outrage over election integrity. Fewer than 500 people in the county, which is off the beaten path and home to most ...

Members of the International Longshoremen’s Association strike outside the Port of Wilmington on October 3. (Photo by Madeline Gray) Shoppers crowded local stores and cleared out supplies last week, ...