Rough Ridge, located along the Blue Ridge Parkway, was ranked 28th in Mixbook's list. It's a rocky outcrop that overlooks the Linville Gorge. The company said Rough Ridge's "snow-dusted peaks and frost-covered trees enhance the dramatic mountain landscape" and make a winter sunrise a spectacle.

The man took to TikTok to share that his plane was scheduled to land behind the doomed American Airlines flight.

More than 80 days after Election Day, a race for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court remains unresolved. That's because the Republican candidate is contesting some 65,000 ballots.

Wednesday marked four months since Hurricane Helene ravaged the western Carolinas - and residents in McDowell County are facing yet another hardship.

A Powerball player just missed a jackpot prize — but is still in for a windfall in North Carolina. The player bought a ticket that matched all but one number picked in the Jan. 25 drawing, making it worth $50,000, results show. The winning numbers: white balls 8-15-17-53-66, with red Powerball 14.

The man was arrested in Charlotte, FBI spokesperson said. Records show he lived in Raleigh. The years-long scheme installed North Korean IT workers as remote employees worldwide, FBI says.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QC Life) - Katy Perry is making a Carolina comeback. The Grammy-nominated pop star is taking her latest album “143″ on the road with tour dates starting in Mexico City on April 23, 2025. “The Lifetimes Tour” promises to include all of her biggest hits on her setlist as well as her new ones.

Not much changed in this week’s N.C. statewide high school basketball rankings. Two new teams joined the boys’ and girls’ polls, which are sponsored by The Charlotte Observer and the News & Observer of Raleigh. Wake Prep Academy, from Wake Forest, is in at No. 10 in the 1A boys’ poll. The Guardians have won 13 straight games.

A new bill filed this week in Raleigh would allow a state income deduction for gambling losses against their winnings.

Virginia has been selected as the 2025 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball preseason favorites by the league’s 16 head coaches. The Cavaliers garnered 13 of the 16 possible first-place votes from the league's head coaches.

It appears all involved were killed, which would make this the deadliest U.S. air crash in nearly 24 years. Authorities were continuing to search for remains on Thursday. D.C. fire and EMS chief John A.