Five members of the Southern gospel and country music band roll out trunks of musical gear to set up for an evening concert. They play for senior citizens at dozens of places each year.

All other things being equal, states with effective schools, safe streets and adequate, well-maintained infrastructure will ...

A North Carolina city “banded together” through hardship — and now, it ranks as one of the best destinations in the South. Asheville is No. 3 on a list of places in the region that people love the ...

A North Carolina destination boasts a “peaceful” setting — and is one of the best places to retire, a new report finds. The ...

When Chris and Sara Evensen bought their home off Elk Mountain Scenic Highway in 2018, they felt like they’d hit the natural beauty jackpot: a nice home on two acres, ensconced in a gorgeous hardwood ...

That’s Blowing Rock, North Carolina in town form. Perched at 3,500 feet along the Blue Ridge Mountains, this charming hamlet ...

Perched at 3,500 feet above sea level, Blowing Rock offers the kind of small-town magic that big cities spend millions trying to replicate on movie sets. But there’s nothing artificial about this ...

Southern Living chose Airlie Gardens in Wilmington and all of the Brunswick Islands' beaches as two of the top 15 most ...

The study, which ranked the top 25 cities for working families, analyzed data from the 100 most populous U.S. cities. It assessed cities across three key categories: Work and Home, Child Care ...

WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A stretch of Interstate 40 through the western North Carolina mountains is reopening to traffic this weekend, months after Hurricane Helene’s historic flooding ...