national parks

According to a small business survey, 93 percent of the businesses impacted by Helene have since reopened, but economic uncertainty and the lingering government shutdown are blocking the road to full recovery.

National park tourism in North Carolina contributes billions to the state economy and creates thousands of jobs. But the rising number of visitors to nature areas is in some ways a double-edged sword.

A woman working a summer job at a North Carolina mountain lodge was out hiking when, authorities say, a co-worker attacked her and left her lifeless body…