Despite lingering ice, roadside snow piles and single-digit lows, the Avery County Board of Commissioners kept its monthly evening meeting on Feb. 2 at the Avery Community Center at Heritage ...

The number of prisoners receiving help for ketamine addiction has increased by 46% in a year - after cases rose from 463 in ...

In the High Country of Western North Carolina, winter is more than just a season, it is an environment that shapes daily life ...

For many women, the salon is a sacred place. A place for friends to come together and share stories, reflect on the past, and ...

The U.S. Census Bureau plans to use a survey form with a citizenship question as part of its practice test of the 2030 census ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Democrats' demands for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic.” And he's warning that the Department of Homeland Security will shut do ...

Punxsutawney Phil’s handlers say he’s seen his shadow and is therefore predicting six more weeks of winter weather. Phil’s ...

Punxsutawney Phil, the legendary groundhog that lives in a tree stump in rural Pennsylvania, has issued the most highly ...

Conservative activist Ed Martin has been removed as head of the Justice Department group tasked with scrutinizing the federal ...

School systems across the Southeast are dealing with weather-related school closures for the second week in a row, leading ...

The Trump administration is eliminating four out of the six locations that had been slated for a practice test to try out new ...

The roughly 40 million Americans who get drinking water from wells are at particular risk when harmful forever chemicals ...