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

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

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

After Hurricane Helene canceled many colleges' classes, students worry about the state of their campuses following the storm.

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

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

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

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

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 ...