Multiple baby goats at a North Carolina mobile petting zoo had rabies and may have been in direct contact with people at events while infectious, state health officials said.
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The first cooler days are beginning to descend on western North Carolina. Wondering what to do with those hummingbird feeders as temperatures drop?
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North Carolina will host two of the G20 planning and policy meetings this year, including a gathering in Asheville of finance ministers, central bank governors and their deputies beginning Aug. 29.
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“You always read about how music is very healing but then when you see it, it is really powerful,” Chad Tucker said.
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During their visit Dolly and Beverley sang her Grammy winning No. 1 song "9 to 5" as Dolly clicked the tune out on her long manicured fingernails.
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"When she sang 'Coat of Many Colors,' I just stood there and cried like a baby," Howard said.
Pink hair, ripped jeans, and an “inexplicable love of rockets.” That’s how astronaut Christina Koch remembers herself as an undergraduate at NC State University.
A US Army pilot shot down over Egypt and missing in action since World War II has been identified by DNA analysis and will return to North Carolina for burial in September.
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Asheville has ended its contract with Flock Safety, the surveillance camera company under fire in the city and across the nation over privacy concerns.
A family says they're waiting in limbo after paying an immigration attorney roughly $16,000 as part of a nationwide scam in which she branded herself as a "miracle worker."
Western North Carolina and much of North America will be able to view a partial lunar eclipse tonight as the August full moon rises.
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida coach Todd Golden has signed his third contract extension in three years, making him the highest-paid Gators coach in school history. Golden will now earn an average salary of $8.25 million annually, including $7.5 million this season — up from $6 million in 2025-26 — as part of a new six-year, $49.5 million deal through March 2032, according to Golden’s agent, Bret ...
After a relatively successful 2025 campaign, the Carolina Panthers are on the prowl for a second straight NFC South title here in 2026.
UNC basketball coach Michael Malone doesn’t carry a whistle to practice, treating the Smith Center more like a classroom than one of the iconic arenas in college hoops.
No. 13 Catawba women’s soccer opened 2026 with a 5-0 home win over Concord, featuring five different goal scorers and a shutout by keeper Lauren Zitt.
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No. 13 Catawba women’s soccer opened 2026 with a 5-0 home win over Concord, featuring five different goal scorers and a shutout by keeper Lauren Zitt.
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Jared Jones went 3-for-3 with two homers and four RBI as the Greensboro Grasshoppers beat the Hub City Spartanburgers 11-4, improving to 34-23 in the second half.
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Getting a movie made can cost a lot of money, so studios are apprehensive about greenlighting projects. Directors like Christopher Nolan get to skip to the front of the line.
🎧 Religion once provided clearer boundaries for right and wrong. The hosts discuss whether secular culture can create equally effective paths toward responsibility and forgiveness.
"Ted Lasso" is hardly the only show to reboot after calling it quits, but after starting the fourth season, we're wondering if a return to Richmond was necessary.
Many of the priciest towns rank as prime vacation spots, with populations that swell in summer or winter with visitors seeking sand and surf or snow.
It’s inconceivable to sum up Dolly Parton’s catalog in just an LP’s worth of tunes, but here are 10 songs to start with.
PORTARIA, Greece — There's something mesmerizing about the way Anita Cota rolls out thin layers of pastry using a small wooden rod. Over and over again, she presses the filo layers flat, starting in the middle and rolling from the inside out twice to make them even thinner. Not using a recipe, she just took flour, water and salt without weighing or measuring them. For this young Albanian cook, ...
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