President Trump: “You don’t need FEMA. You need a good state government… When you have a problem even in the state of California, you have y...

The North Carolina State Board of Education on Thursday voted to approve a 2025 legislative agenda that calls for increased teacher salaries...

SWANNANOA, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — The cab of an 18-wheeler, stuck in the Swannanoa River since Hurricane Helene made its way through weste...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican lawmakers on Wednesday unveiled their initial attempt this year to boost recovery funding for...

Written by GARY D. ROBERTSONRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein asked state legislators Monday to roughly double their sp...

There’s the initial shock and chaos in a collective disaster like the deadly and destructive California wildfires. What to take and what to...

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“I want them to build houses bigger, better, nicer than they had before. At least they get something out of this disaster.”So said Presiden...

Gov. Josh Stein is asking North Carolina lawmakers to set out more than $1 billion in new relief funding for Hurricane Helene recovery — alm...

By SETH BORENSTEIN | Associated PressWASHINGTON  — Federal disaster aid is nearly everywhere. About 94% of Americans live in a county that...

More than 6,500 people in storm-ravaged western North Carolina had more than $10 million in consumer debt wiped out, thanks to Verizon and F...

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BOONE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- More relief will soon be on the way to small businesses in Western North Carolina. North Carolina Governor...

Small businesses in western North Carolina impacted by Hurricane Helene can now apply for grants under a new $30 million partnership, Gov. J...

North Carolina officials and advocates denounced President Donald Trump’s attempt to freeze trillions of dollars in federal aid in a news co...