After severe weather strikes and homeowners sort through the aftermath, they often see their insurance skyrocket or they’re getting dropped altogether. In states like California and Florida, insurance ...

In the wake of Hurricane Helene, two feet of rain fell on western North Carolina, damaging or sweeping away thousands of houses in landslides and floods. At least 101 people died. In many cases, ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina lawmakers tentatively agreed Monday night to leave residential building codes in place longer and block local governments from additional kinds of inspections ...

MORE THAN TWO MONTHS AFTER HURRICANE HELENE’S DEVASTATION, A WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA CHURCH SAYS IT’S STRUGGLING TO FILL TEMPORARY HOMES FOR SURVIVORS BECAUSE OF ZONING RESTRICTIONS. OUR NATE STANLEY ...

RALEIGH, North Carolina (WTVD) -- The men and women who manage North Carolina's Building Code will soon get the chance to make any changes provoked by the fire in downtown Raleigh. "If you're asking ...

CHARLOTTE — After severe weather strikes and homeowners sort through the aftermath, they often see their insurance skyrocket or they’re getting dropped altogether. In states like California and ...

CHARLOTTE — Like much of the country, Kim Wooten said her first response to the images out of western North Carolina was devastation. As a member of the North Carolina Building Codes Council, her next ...