The town of Black Mountain is turning to an old technology to prepare for a new generation of climate-fueled disasters.

WUNC checks in with farmer Danielle McCall a year after Helene impacted her family's U-pick apple farm in Henderson County in western North Carolina.

An annual survey of North Carolina superintendents found K-12 school vacancies were down by a third this fall, but it's in part because districts cut positions due to funding losses.

One year after Helene, Asheville’s service industry contends with weaker tourism, fewer jobs and lingering storm trauma, all while trying to keep a happy face for customers.

The award recognizes the work educators at Washington Elementary have done over several years to embed health and wellness into its culture.

A quarter of the country's National Park Service positions have now been cut in 2025. The National Parks Conservation Association is now warning of more cuts in President Trump's and the U.S. House's budget proposals.

Cleanup is underway at Cape Hatteras National Seashore after a house in Buxton collapsed into the Atlantic this week, and the superintendent of the seashore said threatened structures on the barrier islands are not a new phenomenon.

Small rural fire departments across North Carolina are struggling to recruit volunteer firefighters and pay for the rising cost of equipment. That’s prompting the state legislature to look more closely at the future of firefighting.

A memorial created as part of a vigil for slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk has been a flashpoint for political tensions on UNCW’s campus this week, leading to online threats and heightened security. Chancellor Aswani Volety said he was "appalled" at a video of the memorial being painted over by protestors, adding that the university was taking all physical and online threats seriously.

Blue Ridge Public Radio is collaborating with AP, Honolulu Civil Beat, CalMatters, and Centro de Periodismo Investigativo in Puerto Rico to examine how school communities are recovering from the disruption of natural disasters.