The pine snake is one of the most interesting and robust reptiles you'll find slithering through the pine woods and sandy soils of North America. Belonging to the species Pituophis melanoleucus, these ...

“A good hike for mental health would usually include some water,” White says. Blue spaces, with their soft sounds and ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN)– A Raleigh woman is still waiting for the ability to make direct contact with her son in Spruce Pine after Hurricane Helene devastated the area. “It’s… it’s heartbreaking,” said ...

Over a week after Helene made landfall in the United States, the cleanup efforts continue in towns like Spruce Pine in the ...

Melissa and Jonah Greene traveled from their home in Belmont to check on family in Spruce Pine just days after Helene. This ...

Every now and then, I get a bug up my butt to drive long distances. Part of the motivation is to see forest types that I don’t normally get to see in the Lake States. Forest management varies from ...

Ten feet of water left the place in ruins. The communication blackout leaves the community to guess at whether their friends ...

State lawmakers should ensure school employees in hurricane-ravaged parts of North Carolina can still get paid while schools are out, North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine ...

Folks who live in this area coming here to this visitor’s center just off the Blue Ridge Parkway. It’s the only place in the ...

A Knoxville couple is home after being stuck in Spruce Pine, North Carolina for several days following the storms.