When calamity strikes, as it often has in the Appalachian community of Swannanoa, North Carolina, the “proud, fierce, and ...

Until Hurricane Helene hit my current town of Asheville, North Carolina, in 2024, my strongest memory of hurricane season was ...

Hurricanes have gotten larger and wetter because of climate change and inland communities are at greater risk from heavy ...

Yonder examined how increasingly frequent and intense weather disasters impact pregnant people, mothers, and young families ...

Residents have a saying in Spruce Pine, that a piece of their home is in tech across the globe. But could geopolitical ...

NC Gov. Josh Stein said FEMA's move could cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars and would mean less help for small ...

Only six out of 1,000 state-purchased housing trailers have been occupied so far, while nearly seven months after Helene, ...

Helene flooded the Pigeon River over its banks and into neighborhoods, swamping houses in its wake. Many homes, eight months ...

The brightly colored sign along the S-curve mountain road beckons visitors to the Gemstone Mine, the "#1 ATTRACTION IN ...