After 24 years of guiding whitewater trips on the Nolichucky River Gorge for other companies, Patrick Mannion finally received a permit last year to operate his own outfitter business.

Western North Carolina is home to more than a million acres of national forest controlled by the Forest Service. In addition, ...

Samaritan’s Purse continues working with Hurricane Helene survivors across western North Carolina and parts of Tennessee. The ...

Country crooner Eric Church is packing up his guitar and heading to Avery County, NC to help out families left homeless by ...

The U.S. Forest Service fired thousands of workers in the past week, including firefighters, biologists, and disaster recovery experts. Many were directly involved in western North Carolina recovery ...

A plan to sharply cut Community Development Block Grant program staffing follows Trump's statement that he is inclined to ...

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA), both members of the Senate Budget Committee, issued a statement after the Republican-led Senate voted to move a budget plan that will cut resources ...

When floodwaters from Hurricane Helene engulfed homes and towns in western North Carolina, residents faced a harsh reality -- ...

The request from the federal government comes weeks after he asked the North Carolina General Assembly for $1 billion in ...

Police in Asheville, North Carolina, are asking the public for help finding two suspects who are accused of looting after Hurricane Helene.

More than $1 billion in federal disaster recovery money is headed to western North Carolina, but now there could be too few ...

This 40 Under 40 honoree put his skills to use to help stabilize a home from sliding down the mountain after Hurricane Helene ...