FEMA was created in 1979 with the job of coordinating national responses to disasters, but the federal government has played ...

A new stretch of N.C. Highway 9 makes Chimney Rock and Lake Lure more accessible for local residents and summer tourists.

Six months after Hurricane Helene devastated parts of Western North Carolina, residents are undertaking the painstaking task of rebuilding their lives by hand. Ashe County officials acknowledge the ...