The Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area, just a mile from downtown, offers hiking trails that lead to the highest point in Orange County. The summit provides spectacular views of the surrounding ...

From vinegar tang to ketchup blends, here are North Carolina BBQ styles that outsiders always mix up—and why these regional ...

California, says the leader of the USDA and a North Carolina congressman, has the right to enforce its Proposition 12.

Justice & Health Funding Shortfalls Hamper North Carolina’s Program to Buy Out Hog Farms in or Near Floodplains Now that hurricane season has arrived, hundreds of waste lagoons could be flooded ...

Poultry farms now dot most of North Carolina. The smallest farms raise about 20,000 chickens at a time. The largest: more than 1.5 million. This map, built from two datasets and verified with ...

Environmental groups don’t see it that way. They argue that hog farms have a disproportionate impact on communities where Black and Hispanic people live in Eastern North Carolina, sending odors ...

This story was originally published by North Carolina Health News. Last August, during a routine surveillance flyover, Samantha Krop spotted something odd at White Oak Farm, a Wayne County biogas and ...

The Washington, D.C.-based organization said map data show that more than 150 of North Carolina's 7,352 hog and poultry farms are in or near floodplains, and are in danger of being inundated.

The Washington, D.C.-based organization said map data show that more than 150 of North Carolina's 7,352 hog and poultry farms are in or near floodplains, and are in danger of being inundated.

CLARKTON, N.C. (WNCN) — North Carolina officials say they are investigating after tens of thousands of gallons of hog lagoon waste spilled because of a pipe failure. The incident was reported ...

One study found that eastern North Carolina residents who live near factory farms experience higher rates of asthma, anemia, kidney disease, infant mortality, and infections compared to rural ...

For years, environmentalists were focused on the vast amount of liquid feces and urine generated by North Carolina’s hog farms—an estimated 10 billion gallons—and held in large, unlined lagoons.