North Carolina acquired more than 342 acres without using local purchase money; the mountain property is now moving toward becoming Buncombe County’s largest public park (Image Credit: Buncombe ...
High in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, a quiet story of faith, education and land stewardship has unfolded over nearly two centuries. In 1842, a mission school opened on what was ...
Like most parents, Dave Curro, a 69-year-old father, is also worried about the future of his son, especially since he has a developmental disability. But now, he is one step closer to ensuring that hi...
Simpson used salvaged road signs, bicycle parts and scrap metal to create towering structures that moved with the wind. Vollis Simpson spent much of his life repairing farm machinery in Wilson County,...
The shooting unfolded following a call about a domestic dispute Two people, including the suspect, and a police officer were killed, while another officer was wounded in a gunfight at a park in Columb...
When the federal government began bringing the windswept barrier islands of eastern North Carolina under protected parkland, a quiet property deal near Pamlico Sound helped bring the story of a once-t...
The protester stood up during Trump’s speech and was escorted out. US President Donald Trump was briefly interrupted by a protester during a campaign rally in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on Fr...
In September 1999, Joan Murray, a 47-year-old Bank of America executive from Charlotte, North Carolina, survived a skydiving accident that left her with devastating injuries. She had jumped from about...
For nearly six decades, Eddie Smith Jr. devoted his life to rescuing and rebuilding Grady-White Boats, a struggling North Carolina boat manufacturer that was on the verge of bankruptcy when he bought ...
Elk were once found across much of North Carolina but disappeared from the state many years ago For the first time since elk were reintroduced to western North Carolina 25 years ago, the state will al...