Hot air rises very quickly, which means that the smoke and ash from these fires can reach high heights in the atmosphere. The upper level winds then take that smoke, and they blow it hundreds of miles ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — The Western North Carolina Nature Center marked its 100th anniversary on Friday with a celebration ...

According to the Department of Transportation, most of that money goes to resurfacing over 20,000 miles of municipal streets ...

North Carolina lawmakers have increasingly shifted toward using federal dollars, rather than state dollars, to pay for ...

On a cold morning, when the weather is just right, frost patterns on a cemetery lawn will denote graves lost for hundreds of ...

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