What’s more, because the state Building Code Council voted in 2014 to move to a six-year revision cycle with the support of the North Carolina Home Builders Association and other interest groups ...

the loss of $70 million in FEMA funds — $18 million of which would have helped western North Carolina to prepare for floods — may come back to haunt the state. The shortfall can in part be attributed ...

Republicans have carried North Carolina in 11 of the last 13 presidential elections. Democrats Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama won in 1976 and 2008, respectively. North Carolina is one of two states ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — As Helene battered western North Carolina, residents in Asheville were heartbroken after seeing floodwaters lift cars, trucks, billboards, and homes. Syd Yatteau, with her family ...

For traveling twosomes on the hunt for a romantic retreat that offers escapes to both the beach and the mountains, North Carolina is the answer. Though the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains sprawl ...

Kim Wooten, an engineer and member of the state Building Code Council, has criticized recent changes to North Carolina's building codes, which she believes have weakened building standards and ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — More North Carolina residents turned out to cast ballots on the first day of early voting this year than in 2020, even as residents from the mountainous western portion of ...

Blue Cross Blue Shield is the best health insurance company in North Carolina. Its cheapest plan costs $458 per month before discounts. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC: Best overall Blue Cross and ...

Many of those recommendations appeared to make it into the legislation, which was approved unanimously on Wednesday by North Carolina lawmakers as part of a broad emergency relief package.

The first-day totals in North Carolina, released by the state Board of Elections on Friday morning, only slightly bested the first-day numbers in 2020, near the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

State lawmakers voted unanimously Wednesday to spend $273 million to begin the recovery process in western North Carolina ... damaging buildings and causing injuries. The bill now goes to Gov.