Tight-knit mountain towns like Chimney Rock were built on the promise of relaxed living. Now they face hard decisions about ...

This historically Black community just outside of Boone has weathered quite a bit over its history. Helene presents a new challenge.

He's known as the TikTok lawmaker. But Jackson's path from adolescence to Afghanistan to Congress wound through politically complex territory.

The rural town of Meat Camp was devastated by Hurricane Helene. Some residents rode out the storm in a family home.

Hurricane Helene knocked many elder-care facilities off the power grid, but state rules don’t require them all to have backup ...

State officials threatened to withhold public money from hospitals, pioneering a strategy that could become a national model.

From medication to ballots, the Postal Service is a critical delivery method. Here’s what to knowfollowing Hurricane Helene.

This story is a collaboration between KFF Health News and the Charlotte Observer. North Carolina officials had been quietly laboring for months on an ambitious plan to tackle the state’s mammoth ...

Bleak news this Friday, as the death toll from Hurricane Helene has reached 215, making it the third-deadliest hurricane to hit the U.S. this century. That number may still get much worse, given the ...