New Civil War research armed with more data gives the fullest picture yet of not just the overall death toll but its disproportionate impact on the South, including Georgia.

Firms were generally small, and even by 1850 the average employer had only ... Waterhouse is a professor at the University of North Carolina, and his book covers similar terrain to Baker’s ...

Last week, we looked at Ararat settlers Rodeham and Elizabeth Moore, their son William Jesse Moore, his wife, Jane Hanby ...

Editor’s Note: Born in South Carolina, Daniel Pruitt attended school in Brockway, Beacon and Glenham before graduating from ...

The populations of nine North Carolina counties have grown by more than 10% since 2020, while 16 have lost residents.

Multiple wildfires were actively burning Thursday in North and South Carolina, where a blaze that erupted over the weekend forced evacuations and a state of emergency. The largest of them ...

So, what is it going to take for our state to recognize the critical problems in our rural counties? Where is the commitment ...

So here we are in 2025 with a long-neglected rural crisis. Of our 100 counties, 80 are designated as rural. Fifty-one of ...

One Western North Carolina institution made USA Today’s list of the top 10 small-town museums in the U.S.: The Land of Oz amusement park in Beech Mountain is spotlighted in an exhibit at the town’s ...

Five months after Hurricane Helene severed a critical Appalachian freight corridor, a 12-mile stretch of Interstate 40 through North Carolina’s Pigeon River Gorge reopened Saturday. Though still ...

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Hugh by emailing [email protected] Passengers at North Carolina's primary airport are encountering delays as winter storms and cold conditions ...