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It's finally raining again in North Carolina, but will it be enough to end the drought that's affecting most of the state?
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Climate change doesn't directly cause wildfires, but it does create the conditions that make fires more likely. A new analysis of weather data by Climate Central shows that as the planet warms, the number of fire weather days is growing nationwide, including North Carolina.
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Parts of the Piedmont and eastern North and South Carolina are now in a "severe drought," raising concerns about water levels and the risk of fires like one that has burned more than a thousand acres at Pilot Mountain State Park.
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The fire was first reported Saturday evening in the area of the Three Bear Gully Trail. Adams says the cause hasn’t been determined. On Monday, the N.C. Forest Service announced a ban on all open burning.
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park has a long list of overdue maintenance projects. Now it's turning to a private partner to help raise money to upgrade…
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A 26-year-old man has been charged with stabbing his mother to death in Charlotte Monday. Meanwhile, a wildfire near Pisgah National Forest is threatening…
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A federal appeals court is taking another look at a lawsuit challenging a North Carolina county commission's practice of opening meetings with Christian…
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Updated 4:40 p.m.A $201 million disaster relief bill won final approval in the General Assembly Wednesday and now goes to the governor. The state Senate…
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Updated 10:18 p.m.North Carolina lawmakers reconvened for a special session Tuesday, to consider a bill that would provide $201 million in disaster relief…
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Defense lawyers have told a federal judge they'd like to present more evidence about Dylann Roof's personality and state of mind. The lawyers filed the…