A "rare parasitic disease" known as trichinellosis sickened 10 people, including a 10-year-old, who ate undercooked bear meat during a gathering in North Carolina, the CDC says.

Something’s fishy about this. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas spent fewer than six hours visiting hurricane-hit areas of North Carolina Thursday before retreating back to Washington to grab an early takeout dinner at Nobu. Mayorkas touched down in the Tar Heel State at around 10 a.m. before jetting back to the nation’s capital, where...

(The Center Square) About a week or so after Election Day every year, the aroma in the cool air begins to change downtown in the 1,300-population community of West Jefferson in the North Carolina mountains. Frasir firs by the truck and trailer load, most open-air, are hauled into central distribution sites to be loaded […]

(The Center Square) False claims by a Biden administration official on the way to North Carolina sparked one controversy. Plenty more are rumbling from the hills and hollows of the Blue Ridge and Appalachians. Members of Congress from the region are trying to learn facts in addition to sharing knowledge, their plight as steep […]

States in play for both candidates in this yearspresidential electionall allow voters to cast their ballotsby mail, a process that has attracted controversies and legal battles in the final weeks of campaigning. That includes Pennsylvania, Michigan, and North Carolina each of which has seen concerns raised over absentee ballots. These swing states see varying […]

In the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Helene in the North Carolina mountains, the plethora of anecdotal reports from family and friends are full of gratitude for an abundance of both public and private assistance. My cousin Macon Thoma, a healthcare worker living in the heavily damaged town of Black Mountain, reported on Facebook in the […]

Authorities in North Carolina have confirmed 91 storm-related fatalities from Hurricane Helene but many still remain missing or unaccounted for.

Lucky winner, Roy Story, explained how his seasonal business of growing and selling "a few pumpkins every year" led him to his big lottery win

EXCLUSIVE  A congressman is raising national security concerns over how an Afghan man who had “unrestricted access” to Taliban commanders scored a visa to enter the United States. The man, Emran Rahimi, arrived at Virginia’s Dulles International Airport in early October and has since traveled to North Carolina, according to a letter that Rep. Tim […]