About 1,400 soldiers from Fort Liberty are helping western North Carolina settle into a new normal after Hurricane Helene ...

Asheville already faced a growing number of people without homes. What happens when tens of thousands more face the same ...

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

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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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...