Though North Carolina is about 1,000 miles from the southern border, some lawmakers want to make it an issue here. In a letter to Gov. Roy Cooper earlier this year, members of the Republican ...

Meanwhile, in western North Carolina ... More than 175 fires had burned across 6.6 square miles in South Carolina, as of Sunday, according to the State Fire Marshal. Crews made progress in ...

ROBBINSVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Two wildfires spreading in western North Carolina have burned a wooded area more than 2 square miles (about 5.2 square kilometers), forest officials said. The larger ...

The internet retail giant’s 800-acre campus will be part of one of the biggest investments ever for the state.