Burgaw Mayor Olivia Dawson will speak Thursday night to other mayors and local officials about her experience dealing with recent flooding in eastern North Carolina.

As neighbors out west still pick up the pieces, Burgaw Mayor Olivia Dawson says she has travelled to the Asheville area to ...

Lawmakers introduced several bills to rescind a newly enacted law placing broad restrictions on municipalities’ ability to regulate development density, land ...

As the North Carolina General Assembly begins its 2025 session, lawmakers have many pressing issues to tackle. Topping the ...

The federal government offered thousands of North Carolina residents short-term shelter in hotels following deadly flooding triggered by Hurricane Helene in September 2024. But social media posts ...

Several years after Hurricane Matthew and Florence, hundreds of storm victims are still dealing with the aftermath. Lawmakers are working to ensure a similar bureaucratic nightmare doesn't slow ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina officials charged with leading recovery efforts in western North Carolina after Hurricane ...

A state agency tasked with rebuilding homes damaged in hurricanes Matthew and Florence is asking the legislature for more ...

This comes as NC lawmakers are also weighing what state aid to provide for Helene recovery in Western North Carolina.

Calling it the "biggest sham ever" on North Carolina taxpayers, Republican state Rep. Brendan Jones said pace of recovery ...

A second wildfire has erupted in western North Carolina's McDowell County, an area that was ravaged by Hurricane Helene just four months ago, nearly to the day, officials said. The fire, dubbed the ...

Wildfires have spread in McDowell County, North Carolina, an area already struggling to recover from Hurricane Helene.