Helene reshaped much of western North Carolina’s landscape, rerouting rivers and felling large swaths of forests. Aerial ...

This can also create the perfect conditions for wildfires when flooding and high winds fell trees that rapidly ... A fall drought could put western North Carolina at extreme wildfire risk.

ASHEVILLE, North Caroline (WLOS) — A lot of physical damage occurred in Western North Carolina during Helene ... “It can bring trees that were along the river, vegetation and things like ...

For our Wellness Issue, we asked folks in Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Madison and Transylvania counties to identify one ...

As you approach spring landscaping chores, you might be considering adding a dogwood tree to your yard. Types of dogwood trees vary from the 6- to 12-inch miniature dogwood “tree” known as bunchberry ...

The devastating wildfires in Los Angeles carry a warning for western North Carolina: It could be next. Ironically, it’s a hurricane that has raised the fire risk. Hurricane Helene toppled trees ...

The funds will help restore critical infrastructure damaged when the Category 4 storm struck Western ... North Carolina will also receive portions of the funding to to remove debris and downed ...

Here's everything you need to know before planning a trip to Florida’s Torreya State Park. On a recent fall trip, magenta beautyberries dotted the curvy road, sultry summer temperatures had cooled ...

“The operational teams also completed all maintenance outages at our power plants before the winter ... and businesses in central and western North Carolina, including Charlotte, Durham and ...

If you are looking for some of the best plants for under trees, these five shrubs will grow quite happily in challenging conditions. From the scented daphne to the evergreen Japanese holly ...

Firefighters scrambled Wednesday afternoon to contain a wildfire that forced evacuations in a part of western North Carolina that was ... knocked down millions of trees that forest managers ...