On September 26, 2024, Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida as a category 4 hurricane. This storm would soon make its way to western Virginia and western North Carolina, leaving behind extreme ...

Marshall Rauch’s ornaments were ubiquitous in Walmart and Target thanks to his Gastonia company. And he represented the area ...

North Carolina’s tourism industry is agreeing to let schools start classes a week earlier in August as part of a plan that ...

The state's restriction on school calendars has long been a bone of contention pitting state lawmakers and the tourism ...

Originally formed in 2006 in Des Moines, Iowa, the nonprofit expanded to Western North Carolina when Shumate moved to Black ...

Kari Kelly is grateful to FEMA for paying her family’s hotel bill and to strangers who donated a trailer. But nothing has been easy for her family since Helene hit Western North Carolina.

World-renowned opera singer Andrea Bocelli’s North American October and December tour dates include a stop in Greensboro, ...

The teams, selected by The Charlotte Observer’s high school sports staff, recognize the top athletes in its coverage-area, ...

Here was the season-salvaging opportunity the North Carolina Tar Heels needed ... of a neutral-court win over the UCLA Bruins before Christmas, and a 13–7 mark in a historically weak ACC.

According to the National Weather Service, Wilmington has received more snow this winter than Asheville and twice as much as ...