Some studies have shown that children with autism are more at risk of drowning. Swimming instruction can help, but classes ...

Sweeping cuts in Trump's proposed budget would target an ocean-monitoring system that scientists say is crucial to predicting ...

N.C. — The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office has deployed a new robot to aid in a crisis. The sheriff’s office bought the Vantage Breacher Robot and other pieces of equipment in 2024 after receiving a ...

State Police arrested Zaheri on Feb. 15, 2023. He was indicted in May 2023 by a Rowan County Jury. Zaheri, then-40, pleaded guilty to 21 counts of rape and sodomy of his former player.

state and federal agencies continue to respond to the Bee Rock Branch Fire, which remains active north of Armstrong Creek Road and south of Wild Acres Road in McDowell County. The NC Forest ...

School districts across the state have canceled classes or opted ... information from around Louisville and Kentucky. Jefferson County Public Schools will have nontraditional instruction for ...

Most of the money will be sent to North Carolina’s county governments to help people and communities affected by the crisis. In an effort to avoid the mistakes of the 1998 settlement with tobacco ...

In South Carolina, the Table Rock Fire Complex consists of the fire burning at Table Rock State Park in Pickens County and the Persimmon ... published a new map showing the evacuation zones ...

You can track the wildfires with our interactive fire map, which is updated hourly ... jumping the state line into Transylvania County, North Carolina, it has now become the largest mountain ...

The worst fires in the region are in Polk County ... state land and has crossed into the Pisgah National Forest, according to a March 26 news release. According to the N.C. Forest Service wildfire ...