The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, predicted to be unusually intense, officially began this week and it could soon bring the first test of a North Carolina law that some insurance experts have said ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After severe weather strikes and homeowners sort through the aftermath, they often see their insurance skyrocket or they’re ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Like much of the country, Kim Wooten said her first response to the images out of western North Carolina was devastation. As a ...

The North Carolina Office of the State Fire Marshal is addressing recent misinformation related to temporary housing constructed to shelter victims of Hurricane Helene. Read the full statement below ...

Kim Wooten, an engineer and member of the state Building Code Council, has criticized recent changes to North Carolina's building codes, which she believes have weakened building standards and paved ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina lawmakers tentatively agreed Monday night to leave residential building codes in place longer and block local governments from additional kinds of inspections ...

RALEIGH — The implementation of the 2024 North Carolina State Building Code ("2024 Code") has been postponed. Originally scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1, recent legislative actions have introduced ...

CHARLOTTE — After severe weather strikes and homeowners sort through the aftermath, they often see their insurance skyrocket or they’re getting dropped altogether. In states like California and ...