Hurricane Helene hit Western North Carolina on September 30, devastating (and, in some cases, obliterating) many of our favorite mountain towns ... and help with special community events. Red Cross ...

A career archaeologist with the U.S. Forest Service says managers have been engaging in irresponsible and illegal behavior ...

ROANOKE, Va. – North Cross beat Fredericksburg on Saturday 47-0 to advance to the VISAA DII state title game. The Raiders will face the Blue Ridge School Barons who are undefeated. The game will ...

North Hagerstown’s Lauren Stine entered her senior cross country season with what she called “a lot of lofty goals.” On Saturday at Hereford High School, Stine achieved her biggest goal to ...

Tropical Storm Helene washed out multiple sections of Interstate 40, but that didn’t stop one motorist from bypassing a road block to try it anyway, according investigators in North Carolina.

For the second straight year, Marvin Ridge ends the season as the No. 1 team in the HighSchoolOT boys cross country rankings. The Mavericks are the first repeat at No. 1 in the rankings' five-year ...

WEEK 10 FINALS:North Carolina high school football scores, live updates Week 10 in Gastonia, Shelby area GETTING CLEARER:Who's in? Who's out? NCHSAA football playoff picture for Gastonia, Shelby teams ...

Late in September Hurricane Helene wrecked Western NC and brought mix emotions to the Queen City. Here are the month’s best visuals from the Observer staff.

“It would remind you of the big lodge-style log homes or camps back in the day in the Appalachian Mountains,” said ... This part of Western North Carolina “has been known as a summer resort ...

There’s a tranquility to western North Carolina’s forests. The quiet here is part of the reason Leo Temko and Janice Barnes chose a hillside northeast of Asheville as an escape from New York ...