David Freeze is visiting all 42 state parks in North Carolina. Contact him at [email protected]. I continued my eastern ...

Donald Trump is returning to North Carolina to stump in the southern battleground state that both Democrats and Republicans ...

A plan for up to 95 townhomes on 10 acres along a two-lane road in West Columbia has been reduced to 55 houses. Residents ...

"Flying" venomous Joro spiders were spotted for the first time in this state. Read about the problems they can cause.

A large, slowly-spinning system across the northern Caribbean and southern Gulf of Mexico could develop into something ...

Common understandings of gentrification and urban development often frame these urban processes as natural, linear and even inevitable for low-income neighborhoods. The argument goes that once you see ...

Vice President Kamala Harris delivered an impassioned speech about abortion rights on Friday in Georgia, and she heads to Wisconsin later for a rally. Former President Donald J. Trump is off the trail ...

I think every kid wonders when they’re memorizing states and capitals for the first time, why there are two Carolinas, two ...

Conflicts among residents over neighborhood reputation are an important factor in whether a neighborhood becomes gentrified ...

A former News & Observer reporter and a lawyer for the wrongly accused team up to provide housing to exonerees.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will not be joined by his party's embattled pick for North Carolina governor ...

Among the full list of best N.C. employers, the following are located in WNC: No. 5. Western Carolina University - 1,598 employees, headquartered in Cullowhee. No. 48. Appalachian State University - 3 ...