Multiple state parks across western North Carolina are reopening, at least partially, on Nov. 1. State parks west of I-77 have been closed for weeks due to Hurricane Helene. Why it matters: State ...

Special to IFN Fort Dobbs State Historic Site will come to life on Saturday, June 28, as costumed interpreters demonstrate ...

Even if a person has been missing for years, he or she is not presumed dead in North Carolina. Alena’s Law, named after a 31-year-old missing since Hurricane Helene, would make death ...

In the most critical of current blazes, three large wildfires are driving evacuations and are uncontrolled in North Carolina’s Polk County, about 25 miles southeast of Asheville.

The most rural of the battleground states this year is North Carolina. About 3.4 million people, or roughly a third of the state’s population, reside in a rural area, more than in any other ...