Houston on May 5, 1934. He lived on Henson Creek his entire childhood and eventually returned to the old homestead after ...

Rhinos have an evolutionary history that spans over 40 million years, encompassing all continents except South America and Antarctica.

Cubans waded through flooded houses Wednesday and authorities in Haiti reported 10 dead as Hurricane Melissa blasted across the Caribbean after devastating swaths of Jamaica.

Worldwide, the rate of heat-related deaths has risen by 23% since the 1990s, and now claim 546,000 lives each year, researchers reported today in The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change.

The crunch of leaves underfoot and a chill in the mountain air can mean only one thing in Avery County: Christmas tree season ...

A couple face charges stemming from bringing a gun onto school grounds on Friday, Oct. 17, according to a release from Mitchell County Sheriff’s Office.

As the slopes gear up for another snowy season, Beech Mountain Resort is tuning up for its annual Winter Music Series, ...

The Williams YMCA of Avery County brought families together for a night of spooky fun during its annual Halloween celebration ...

A North Carolina man who told authorities he had killed his children and that the bodies were in the trunk of a vehicle at ...

The Senate approved a resolution Tuesday evening that would nullify President Donald Trump's tariffs on Brazil, including oil, coffee and orange juice, as Democrats tested GOP senators' ...

A study, published Monday in JAMA, analyzed nearly 2.8 million pregnancies and found that about 30% of stillbirths occurred with no clear medical cause or risk factor.

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