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The Crisis Assistance Ministry said it has received an increased number of requests for rent assistance and less funding to ...

Power is out for more than 5,000 households as of Thursday night. More than four months after Helene knocked down trees in the mountains, the recent ice storm isn't helping matters.

Dancing turtles show how animals use magnetic field as a map Dancing turtles have proved for the first time that some animals use Earth's magnetic field to create a personal map of their favourite ...

Some universities are scrubbing websites and canceling events to comply with executive orders targeting diversity efforts.

The superintendent of the Blue Ridge Parkway said that she expects to eventually hire seasonal workers, but in the mean time ...

Three new bills have been filed in the State House to change how district elections and voting cycles operate. The Fair Maps Act proposes the creation of an independent group to draw legislative ...

Discover how sea turtles navigate the ocean using their internal GPS and learn about their magnetic field perception.

Thousands are without power Wednesday morning as wintry weather and ice are reported around western North Carolina.

Loggerhead turtles “dance” when exposed to food-associated magnetic fields, and their magnetic map may help them return to specific areas after long migrations.

“There are blue precincts that are getting bluer by the minute, red precincts that are getting redder by the minute and an incredibly small number that cross over between the two,” Cooper said.

A new study from researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provides the first empirical evidence that loggerhead sea turtles can learn and remember the unique magnetic signatures ...