Is Bigfoot lurking in North Carolina's forests? A Carolina Curious listener wanted to know. We dug into the state's Sasquatch lore for this week's Carolina Curious.

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Montreal Canadiens 6-1 on Friday night to clinch the Eastern Conference Final in five games and earn their first trip to the Stanley Cup Final since 2006.

Officials with the organization say there has been an alarming drop in scheduled donations, which account for 90 percent of all blood donations.

Officials said it would take a nine-cent tax increase to meet every department’s budget request. But they’re not proposing that in their recommendation.