Selected from a record 59,228 entries, these are the overall winners and the 18 category winners of this prestigious ...

From western toad tadpoles to glowing wetlands, this year’s winners capture nature’s beauty—and its fragility.

Here is ongoing coverage from The News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer about Hurricane Helene and the aftermath, particularly in Western North ... Here are photos from the area.

On Friday evening, downtown Waynesville was in kind of a festive spirit — a far cry from what all of us here in Western North ...

property. The mother of five explained that a family friend took the photos of the “tall lovebird pookie heads.” In the Western-inspired photos, which Ree warned might “make you want to sing ...

Before and after images of Western North Carolina, tell the story of the vast destruction that has occurred due to Tropical Storm Helene in these communities that is sometimes difficult to put ...

a week after the disastrous storm’s initial impact on Western North Carolina. See photos from some of those services and prayer circles here: Congregants gather at the First Baptist Church in ...

Western North Carolina was particularly hard ... “It looks like hell,” one longtime resident told NBC News. Photos from across the region show the devastation left by Helene.

New before-and-after aerial photos paint a grim picture of Hurricane Helene’s devastation in parts of western North Carolina that have been hard to access after the storm swiped away the state ...