An Asheville cyclist pedals toward a "WNC Strong" billboard moving past an enormous debris pile from Helene on his right. (Photo: Clayton He...

Dry conditions, wind and trees downed by Hurricane Helene fueled wildfires in North Carolina and South Carolina, where evacuation orders wer...

A mixed-income housing project under construction in Durham. (Photo: Greg Childress)A bill to expand so-called “missing middle housing” stat...

Starlink was widely used in western North Carolina during the early days after Hurricane Helene. (Photo of storm debris by Getty Images) It...

The Orange Rural Fire Department (ORFD), based in Hillsborough, has deployed an engine crew to Polk County to assist with efforts to fight w...

Dry conditions, wind and trees downed by Hurricane Helene fueled wildfires in North Carolina and South Carolina, where evacuation orders wer...

Hurricane Helene, which slammed into Florida's Big Bend in late September, caused the deaths of nearly 250 people—a number only dwarfed by t...

By TAMMY WEBBER and MICHAEL PHILLIS, Associated PressA once-every-four-years report card on the upkeep of America’s infrastructure gave it...

97.9 The Hill Radio Program and Broadcast Manager Kenny Dike spoke with 97.9 The Hill’s Andrew Stuckey on Monday, March 24. He discussed a r...

Protesters rally outside of the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building headquarters of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management on Feb. 5, 2025,...

Wildfires forced a mandatory evacuation Sunday in a North Carolina county still recovering from Hurricane Helene, and South Carolina's gover...

Yancey County Head Start in Burnsville, North Carolina, was flooded after Hurricane Helene. A church group helped lead efforts to rebuild i...

The wildfires have forced evacuations and emergency declarations as multiple blazes threaten areas still recovering from Hurricane Helene.

Wildfires forced a mandatory evacuation in one North Carolina county as emergency crews fought separate fires in an area of the state still...

Written by GARY D. ROBERTSONRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina lawmakers agreed Wednesday to spend another $524 million on still-pressing...