Thanks to hundreds of donations, high schoolers in western North Carolina will have a dress on prom night. Preparing for prom night is one of the most exciting feelings in a high schooler's life, and ...

UNC provost and chief academic officer Chris Clemens will step down from his role on May 16, chancellor Lee Roberts announced ...

BPR spoke with three Forest Service employees who worked on wildfires throughout the WNC communities they call home.

The story of Ember, the dog who was rescued from the fires in Table Rock, has reached a heartwarming ending. On March 27, ...

A man and member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) was sentenced to life in prison for the 2013 murder of his ...

This current rain event is expected to bring 'generational flooding', which only happens once a generation. But memories of 2010 flood still plague some.

Three days after a WNC church secured funding for solar panels, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) froze $20 billion in climate and clean energy grants, putting energy efficiency and resiliency ...

State lawmakers are right in the middle of their legislative session, and WXII 12 News had the opportunity to interview ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Six months after the devastation of Hurricane Helene, a critical road will be reopening. The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) announced in a press release that ...

With the influx of NBA players becoming college basketball assistant general managers, which former Tar Heels could fill that ...

The nation's historically Black colleges and universities, known as HBCUs, are wondering how to survive in an uncertain and contentious educational climate as the Trump administration downsizes the ...

The Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball tournament will move from its longtime home in North Carolina to the Atlanta ...