The wildfire, named the Crooked Creek Fire, ignited near the town of Old Fort, which was impacted by Hurricane Helene last ...

Carteret County was named the best ... by U.S. News & World Report, The Charlotte Observer reported. Data also show that a large portion of new North Carolina residents moved to retire.

Mecklenburg and Wake counties are still driving growth in North Carolina, but others are emerging ... and Union near Charlotte (which added 19,000 residents). But it’s also a likely result ...