The state harvests millions of Christmas trees each year, and 2025 turned out better than expected for growers.

As 2025 ends, we look back on stories about an inspirational chaplain, a new Duke hero and a mother seeking answers about her son's death.

N&O staff members recall a Wendell woman’s detention, a runway’s extreme makeover and a school board trial with tales of ...

Speaking for more than an hour to a crowd of several hundred in Rocky Mount, Trump called Cooper a “disaster.” He condemned ...

A plane crash in Washington and flooding in Texas lead to sorrow and questions in NC. And a 58-year-old mellophone player is an inspiration.

Grossu, Biffle, their kids and three others died last week in a Statesville plane crash. Friends said she lived every day ...

Clyde, North Carolina has seen devastating damage from extreme storms over the past twenty years — Helene, in 2024, was just the most recent. Repeated rains from named storms like Ivan and Francis in ...

Always been a bit of a troublemaker, eh? Eric Church has certainly gained a reputation for being a bit of a rebel in country music. From infamously getting kicked off the Rascal Flatts tour way back i ...

McDowell County Emergency Management announced Monday morning that the deadline has been extended to Jan. 31, 2026. This ...

Hurricane Helene caused unimaginable destruction throughout the Southeast and took the lives of 252 Americans, that we know of, as it barreled through ...

Christmas Tree Farmers in North Carolina are making a roaring comeback in the state after Hurricane Helene destroyed so much ...

A cat has returned home more than 400 days after being separated from its family by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina.