Now, during hurricane season, is the time to sign up for free city and county emergency alert notifications in Western North Carolina.

At least 18 youth summer camps across North Carolina stand on or are very near federally designated floodways and flood zones, according to state and federal maps reviewed by The News & Observer. Three of those are located in high flood risk areas, as defined by federal regulators.

American Rebel Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:AREB), the company behind American Rebel Light Beer, announced a new distribution agreement with Budweiser of Asheville, Inc., bringing the brand into Western North Carolina,

It's Week 1 of NCHSAA high school football in Western North Carolina. See our predictions for the top games this week.

The NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC issued a report at 4:14 p.m. on Wednesday for strong thunderstorms until 4:45 p.m. The alert is for Rutherford Mountains, Greater Rutherford and Eastern Polk.

HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Several counties in Western North Carolina kicked off their first day of school on Monday, August 18. Students in Haywood, Yancey, Swain, Mitchell and Madison counties returned to classrooms after summer break.

The Citizen Times and Times-News have ranked all 32 WNC high school football teams for the 2025 NCHSAA, NCISAA season. Here's our list.

Hopkins pleaded guilty to one count of interference with federally protected activities, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.

Officials say the risk to the general public remains low as Jackson and Macon counties investigate possible exposure.

At the end of July, North Carolina officials awarded Dynamic Group LLC a contract to demolish, repair and rebuild western North Carolina homes that were destroyed by Hurricane Helene. Two years earlier,