After roughly three decades of research, the newly opened Tobacco Trust Fund Christmas Tree Seed Center of Excellence in Ashe County will clean, process and distribute improved Fraser Fir seeds. According to Center Director Tracy Taylor, it was important to produce trees that grow faster, have the shape growers want, and hold their needles for longer.

North Carolina's Cooperative Extension program has been a well-tested source of knowledge for farmers and agricultural communities for more than a century. A portion of its programming could change this year amid federal government funding cuts.

Retired Sergeant Robert Grier integrated the Winston-Salem Fire Department more than a decade before racial segregation was outlawed in the United States. He died this past weekend at the age of 104.

Two Charlotte women are seeking more than $2.5 million in damages from the federal government after they say U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents unlawfully detained and arrested them during Operation Charlotte’s Web last November.

A lack of rainfall and snowmelt from North Carolina's ongoing drought is causing freshwater like the Chowan River to have high salt levels.

More than 1,500 service members are still missing from the Vietnam War, and families say time is running out to locate and recover their remains.

Sales of corporate jets surged during the pandemic. Growth is taking off again due to a tax break passed last year in the tax law championed by President Trump. But where do you park all those planes when they're not in the air?

The weeks-long heat wave continues in the Southeast, and humans aren’t the only ones struggling. Here are some tips for taking care of your leafy neighbors.

Public schools in North Carolina are facing billions of dollars in unfunded school construction projects, and a lottery-supported grant program is only able to address a fraction of the requests it receives.

Enbridge Gas is planning to propose a 12-inch diameter, 28-mile natural gas pipeline. The project is being met with wide community opposition.