When the house across the street exploded, Susan Figetakis knew it was time to run from the rising Green River. Figetakis stowed her three cats in the top floor of her three-story home, put her birth ...

The goal each summer is to do a "bucket list" fly fishing trip. Normally, they are to a western state, but there have been three to Pennsylvania after the first one turned out to be better than ...

GREEN RIVER, N.C. — Right now there are only two ways in and out of the Green River area, just north of Saluda -- hike across treacherous terrain, or have a helicopter give you a lift. People who live ...

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Hurricane Helene swept across the Southeast, causing major flooding and destruction throughout North Carolina. Here is ongoing coverage from The News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer about ...