C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer From our news services Despite proposing a historic level of funding for the North Carolina Ferry Division ...

With the national average around $3.17 per gallon, U.S. drivers are enjoying the cheapest summer fuel prices since 2021.

The Pisgah Covered Bridge stands as one of North Carolina’s most photogenic secrets, quietly spanning a creek while looking like it stepped right out of a Norman Rockwell painting. You’ll find this ...

Rocky Mount makes your retirement dollars stretch like taffy. The cost of living here won’t make you break out in a cold sweat. You can buy a nice house for what you’d pay for a fancy car elsewhere.

In October, there are several key changes you typically see in the weather. These include seasonal first snowfalls and freezes, but one U.S. state's hurricane danger typically peaks in October.

A year after Hurricane Helene ravaged western North Carolina, some are trying to make sense of it all through creative expression, an outlet that has blossomed for centuries in this region.

Biltmore Estate is amid a long recovery after experiencing tourism and sales decline, labor reduction and costly property ...

A year ago this week, a powerful hurricane being absorbed into a stubborn upper-level low-pressure system led to a catastrophic regional weather event in the Appalachians.

The symptoms of XFG closely resemble those of other COVID variants, Weber said, and may include: Yes. Studies have shown rapid antigen tests can detect a variety of COVID variants, including XFG, ...

Western North Carolina schools reopened long before many students were able to return to their homes. Their learning has yet to recover.

Winter is coming – earlier and sticking around longer than typical – the Farmers' Almanac predicts. An 'old-fashioned' winter awaits most of the U.S.

Persimmon seeds and wooly worms are just a few of many centuries-old wives’ tales claiming to predict winter weather.