A Watauga County Superior Court judge ruled Monday that a mine operating without a permit along the Nolichucky River in Poplar must cease activity immediately.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality is responding to a recent court decision in which a judge ordered a ...

I always felt a sense of belonging on the Nolichucky River and was so grateful to have this natural resource right in our East Tennessee backyard. It was a river with world-class whitewater and plenty ...

A traffic shift will begin on Friday afternoon on Interstate 26 in Unicoi County as crews get close to finishing repairs from ...

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality asked the judge to stop work at the quarry, which sits near the Nolichucky River ...

Residents in Poplar, North Carolina, are demanding action against what they say is an illegal mining operation polluting the ...

Western North Carolina residents head to court Monday in a fight against an "illegal" mine that swept into the mountains in the wake of Hurricane Helene.

The company operating the Mitchell County quarry says it should be allowed because it's repairing railroad damage from Helene. NC regulators say it needs to obtain a permit.

Hurricane Helene’s floodwaters fundamentally changed a lot about the Nolichucky River. For the many people who rely on the ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Monday that it allocated over $400 million to improve public water ...

On Monday, a Superior Court judge in Watauga County ruled that a company must immediately halt what is described by state ...

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