Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Spruce trees grow at either high altitudes in the southern Appalachians ...

NORTH CANTON — Brock Herman became an elite high school wrestler this season by wrestling in college last year. Yes, you read that right. How the 144-pound Brecksville senior got to where he is an ...

MATTHEWS — Pine Lake Prep’s girls soccer team captured ... That could be, what, the first time in North Carolina history that two state champions are out of the same conference.

Pine Lake Prep is a girls’ soccer state champion. The Mooresville school stayed hot with a 2-1 victory over Franklin Academy to win the North Carolina 2A girls’ soccer title on Saturday at ...

No other place on Earth has as much or as minable pure quartz as Spruce Pine, in western North Carolina. It’s a geological Goldilocks, as raw minerals are in high demand and China is tightening ...

MURRAY – A nonprofit organization founded last fall in Murray to help Hurricane Helene victims in North Carolina recently assisted Tennessee disaster victims, but the founder said they still have ...

Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. North winds around 5 mph. Mostly clear in the evening then partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s. Light ...

When filmmaker Matt Wolf begin conversations with Paul Reubens about a documentary – one that included his alter ego Pee-wee Herman – “it was clear there could be a power struggle.” ...

The Spruce Pine Town Council voted to spend $500,000 on land to house the Public Works Department at its regular meeting last week. The vote was unanimous. Mayor Phillip Hise recused hims ...

The State of North Carolina will be offering disaster assistance through its new Private Road and Bridge Program, according to Mitchell County. The new program will assist property owners ...