"The wildfires in western North Carolina continue to grow, so I have expanded our State of Emergency,” Stein said in a statement. “Our State Emergency Response Team is responding with every tool at ...

Mecklenburg County invests $10.9 million from the National Opioid Settlement into local intervention and recovery efforts.

Several wildfires are burning in North Carolina as the state is under a burn ban by the Forest Service. Check out the ...

A new section of the Stewart Creek Greenway recently opened in west Charlotte. Why it matters: Greenways make Charlotte more ...

Wildfires are raging in Western North Carolina, with the worst impacts in Polk County. Keep up with information on the fires ...

Mecklenburg County is set to receive $73 million over 18 years to address the opioid crisis. As part of those efforts, the ...

Unlike most of the waterways of Virginia which flow into the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, the rivers in Pittsylvania County ...

The Black Cove Fire has burned 3,000 acres, the Deep Woods Fire 3,231 acres and Fish Hook Fire 199 acres. A new blaze, the ...

Former Duke University football player Brandon Braxton has allegedly confessed to killing his former high school friend and Charlotte, North Carolina, real estate agent Whitney Hurd.

Police were executing raids in six German states Wednesday against a group that authorities say “is part of an international network whose aim is to overthrow the government in ...