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Kinder Morgan plans to construct one of its largest pipelines in decades through the Southeast. The company proposed trenching 470 miles of gas pipeline through its “Southeast Connector” project, with 150 miles in Tennessee and additional segments continuing through Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and Florida. In Tennessee, the...

Flavor Hills opened its Durham restaurant in December 2025. Then in mid-August 2026, the brand shut that restaurant and its Downtown Raleigh location, effective immediately. Here are the restaurant chains that have already closed or are closing North Carolina locations in 2026. 1. Hickory Tavern. Hickory Tavern, the Charlotte-born sports...

A video out of North Carolina is making its rounds on the internet this season as a Halloween -themed comedy of errors at this year's Phillips Farms Pumpkinfest . On the morning of Oct. 11, much of Western and Central N.C. was experiencing intensely windy conditions. Michael Phillips, owner of Phillips Farms in Cary, stated that the winds must have been strong enough to release one of the farm's Halloween decorations ― a massive inflatable pumpkin ― from its restraints. "At some point, the cable

A man was arrested after he spray-painted over dozens of victims' names at the 9/11 Memorial in lower Manhattan, police said. The suspect appeared to have recorded himself carrying out the stunt at the North Pool that sparked outrage among many, both locally and across the country. The man seen...

Search and rescue personnel are working to find two missing students from Colorado Mountain College’s Leadville campus after receiving a call from school staff that Kaden Matsuda, 19 and of Ridgway, and Jackson Donlon, 20 and of New York, had not returned from a weekend trip to the 13,960-foot Ice Mountain area of northern Chaffee […]

Photos courtesy of Tameek Williams for Public Housing Community Fund. The tallest mural in the United States can now be found on a public housing tower in the South Bronx. Designed by artist Nestor Omar Garcia, also known as Angurria, in collaboration with Bronx native Fernando Ortiz, “Un MAR de Gente/From Every Shore” stretches more than 307 feet along the southwest-facing facade of NYCHA’s 29-story Morrisania Air Rights (MAR) development. The mural depicts MAR community members across generati

LEE COUNTY, Fla. — Lee County deputies raided five illegal gaming arcades from North Fort Myers to Bonita Springs, arresting 10 people and seizing assets allegedly tied to gambling operations targeting older people. Deputies said the raids resulted in the seizure of 239 slot machines, 163 ounces of gold,...

A fire at a federal nuclear complex in South Carolina triggered an emergency declaration on Wednesday evening, though officials said there was no indication of contamination beyond the site’s boundaries. A fire was reported at the Savannah River Site’s national laboratory in Aiken, but has since been extinguished, according to SRS. Officials declared a Site […]

BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Confusion over a proposed property tax amendment on North Carolina’s November ballot is prompting some Buncombe County residents to ask whether it would actually lower their tax bills. This comes as Buncombe County commissioners voted to formally oppose the amendment, warning its lack...

A hike through a Virginia nature preserve took a painful turn when a person fell into a steep, wooded ravine, setting off a complicated rescue that ended with a helicopter hoist to safety. Fairfax County firefighters were called to the Potomac Trail in Scott's Run Nature Preserve near McLean over th…