This year’s official White House Christmas tree comes from western North Carolina, one of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane ...

The Pine Tree Flag was the original state flag, adopted in 1901 before being replaced by the current flag in 1909. In the new ...

See how Hurricane Helene’s intense winds and floodwaters wiped out many of North Carolina’s forests, especially in the ...

Powerful winds from Helene knocked down large swaths of trees in North Carolina, creating an environment susceptible to ...

You go to the nearest big-box store and pull an artificial tree off the shelf. Then it takes just a few minutes to put up.

It all started with a run-of-the-mill ad about abortion. Presenting our semi-regular weekly survey of what’s goin’ down in ...

The crop accounts for about 20% of “Real Christmas Trees” sold in the country, the North Carolina Christmas Tree Association reports. State agricultural officials say farmers growing a variety ...

Until recently, Public Service Co. of North Carolina ... and pine-studded hunting and fishing lands owned by the N.C.

BOONE, N.C. – Helene was a devastating storm that spared no region of North Carolina, including the state's Christmas tree industry – the second-largest in the U.s. The trees grown in the ...

with a slightly updated rendition of the former state flag, which features a green pine tree and the North Star on a light tan background. The question will read: Do you favor making the former ...

North Carolina is the second-largest Christmas tree-producing state in the nation, and it harvests over 3 million Christmas trees annually, according to Greene. It is unclear how many Fraser firs ...