The U.S. Forest Service has put a grate over an abandoned 30-foot-deep pit mine shaft in North Carolina that had posed a hazard on a popular biking trail

State officials say firefighters are trying to contain a wildfire that covered more than 500 acres in southeastern North Carolina on Tuesday and forced the shutdown of a highway

The National Park Service says two unoccupied beach houses have fallen into the waves along North Carolina’s coast

The U.S. Forest Service says a section of the Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina has reopened to traffic as firefighters have made progress controlling a fire in the Pisgah National Forest

A portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina is closed because of a wildfire in the Pisgah National Forest

Historic Princeville, on the banks of the Tar River in eastern North Carolina, is one hurricane away from disaster

Wild stallions are tangling with each other on the North Carolina coast, and a nonprofit group is warning beachgoers to steer clear of the fights

A commercial turkey operation in North Carolina has tested positive for avian flu following a test by a veterinary lab, the first time the virus has been found in the state’s poultry industry

A Vietnamese automaker has announced plans to build a plant in North Carolina to manufacture electric vehicles, promising to bring 7,500 jobs