Evacuations Are Ordered as Wildfire Breaks Out in Western North Carolina
The wildfire strikes an inland region of North Carolina that is still recovering from the damage wrought by Hurricane Helene ...
Nuclear bombs fell on North Carolina 64 years ago. How disaster was narrowly averted
A military plane was carrying the weapons when it exploded over a rural area, killing three people and sending the bombs ...
Evacuations lifted after fire crews contain more than half of wildfire east of Asheville
The 250-acre fire started after a tree fell on a power line on Bat Cave Road in Old Fort, an area already recovering from ...
NC mountain wildfire of unknown cause rages on, closing roads, popular trail
Rain wasn’t enough to extinguish the fire, and flames continued “in areas of extreme hurricane damage,” U.S. Forest Service ...
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Rural Center Receives $6.38 Million To Expand Faith Programs For Rural Churches
RALEIGH – The North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center has received a grant of $6.38 million from Lilly Endowment Inc ...
When retirees go rural
Yonder profiles senior citizens who made the choice to relocate from urban to rural areas for their retirement.
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Fiction to reality: Bridging the urban-rural divide
In “This View From Here,” one of the winning stories in this year’s Imagine 2200 short fiction contest, author Rich Larson ...
As Trump Visits North Carolina, Battered Communities Hope for More Aid
Residents of Asheville and the rest of western North Carolina are still recovering from catastrophic flooding in September.
Murphy: Bill needed to preserve Medicare for patients, physicians
Protection of access to care for Medicare beneficiaries, particularly in rural and underserved areas, has drawn a proposal from a North Carolina congressman in part combatting ...