The Great Smoky Mountains Railroad in Bryson City, North Carolina, isn’t merely transportation—it’s a portal to another time, ...

Hidden in plain sight on a charming brick-lined street in downtown Pittsboro sits Carolina Cravings, a bakery that might just change your definition of what a perfect chocolate truffle should be. This ...

The death toll from flash floods that raged through central Texas rose to 70 after searchers found more bodies.

In central Kerr County, up to 10 inches of rain inundated the area, causing the Guadalupe River to swell and overflow its ...

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including budget reconciliation and ...

Kids are often ready to stay home alone around age 11 or 12, the Observer previously reported, but parents should weigh ...

What's better than a table at the new East Hampton outpost of Swifty's? The summer's must-have nanny, imported directly from ...

A new study shows that several of the most educated metropolitan areas in the country are located in North Carolina — and one of the least educated is Western N.C.-adjacent WalletHub is a personal ...

A new Catawba-YouGov poll shows that Trump’s job approval rating is underwater in the state he carried three times, including ...

Food Bank of the Albemarle announced in May that new figures from Feeding America’s annual “Map the Meal Gap” study show that ...

Sen. Thom Tillis’s (R-NC) surprise retirement, announced just hours after he broke with President Donald Trump over his sweeping tax and spending cut plan, has upended North Carolina’s 2026 Senate ...

North Carolina’s senior senator says he is done with the partisan gridlock of Washington and will not seek reelection in the 2026 midterms.