Clad in waders, Michael Bokma slogged through knee-deep water in the backyard of his Vineland home and cranked up an industrial pump that looked entirely out of place between his ...

It’s his responsibility to see how water quality is changing at North Carolina’s coal ash sites. Jones works for The Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation, one of the organizations involved in the ...

State regulators told Duke Energy that it must completely remove coal ash from all storage basins in the state, rejecting the company’s proposal to cover some ponds and leave that ash in place.

Duke Energy Corp. announced Thursday an agreement with North Carolina state regulators and community groups to permanently close all of electric company's remaining nine coal ash basins in the ...

The planned projects for 2025 will take place in 72 of the state's 100 counties and 15 of the state's 17 river basins. Seventeen projects are slated for counties in Western North Carolina. See a ...

Emergency planners continue to watch for stream flooding as river basins drain and downstream levels rise. Some rivers in eastern and southeastern North Carolina will peak Friday or over the ...

Dog stuck almost 15 feet inside North Carolina storm drain rescued by firefighters: Watch. Saman Shafiq. USA TODAY. Hear this story.

The law center challenged plans for 10 Duke power plants in North Carolina. Duke’s 31 coal ash basins in the state hold 111 million tons of ash in water-filled ponds.

Left: The Northeast Cape Fear River rises higher towards a bridge as breaks its banks after Hurricane Florence in Burgaw, North Carolina, U.S., September 17, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake ...

In South Carolina the pigtoe once lived in the Savannah River drainage but has not been collected in the state in more than 100 years. It is now primarily found in the Pee Dee River system of North ...