This Thanksgiving holiday will be shadowed by the loss of a loved one for many in Western North Carolina left to mourn after ...

Though they were seven hours away, their suffering felt like his own. He couldn’t bear the thought of watching his home ...

In Black Appalachia, a small, 200-year-old community of descendants of enslaved people, Junaluska, is struggling after ...

Jim Sieminski once worked at the Biltmore Estate and as a wine steward at Burntshirt Vineyards before dying in Helene.

Set in the small town of Morganton about an hour east of Asheville, Lee’s One Fortune Farm suffered more than $62,000 in ...

Tropical Storm Helene was not totally unexpected. History shows that Helene devastated the same areas that were devastated in ...

Interstate 40 collapsed due to flood damage from Tropical Storm Helene. As over 250 roads remain closed in WNC, NCDOT is ...

NC farms face bitter harvest after drought and storms. Many farmers thankful 2024 is ending. Mountain farmers need donations, ...

The 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season has come to an end after 18 storms, two Category 5 hurricanes, hundreds of fatalities and ...

It is a Thanksgiving Day like no other in Western North Carolina. Much like the pilgrims are said ... At least 43 people died ...

This Thanksgiving, the Democrat and Chronicle is grateful for our journalists who assisted in person their colleagues in need ...

Mounting costs from storm damage, economic losses and expected repairs continues to mount. Also the latest county breakdown ...