The eastern box turtle is celebrating 30 years as the most highly honored reptile in the Great Smoky Mountains. Here's how it won that status.

The eastern box turtle represents holding on and surviving, sticking its neck out, which led to its status as a state symbol ...

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Would you shell out a few extra bucks every year to help rescue wild turtles? A bill in the state legislature would create a ...

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Hough (N.C.) cornerback Samari Matthews will decide Friday between Texas, South Carolina, Florida State, and Miami on YouTube ...

A man in North Carolina is celebrating a huge lottery win after his first-ever scratch-off ticket landed him a six-figure ...

Workers used stolen or fake U.S. identities to secure employment, funneling millions of dollars to the North Korean ...

While tourists flock to better-known North Carolina beaches, savvy locals have long treasured Freeman Park as their personal paradise – a place where nature still calls the shots and commercial ...

Freeman Park Beach in Carolina Beach, North Carolina, is exactly that kind of magical spot. This stunning coastal gem sits at the northern tip of Pleasure Island, where the mighty Cape Fear River ...