Water

In the initial days that Helene impacted western North Carolina, many people were stuck without the ability to refrigerate their insulin or charge their oxygen tanks, or were unable to hike out or wield chainsaws as others did to free themselves from their homes.

The first phase of a North Carolina State University water study on GenX is complete. Nearly every home whose tap water researchers tested last fall...

State legislators have adjourned until May after voting to fix a long-standing issue over mandated class sizes, while delaying further action on the...

Ted Davis knows any legislation needs to get through a sharply divided General Assembly. The Wilmington Republican who chairs the Select Committee on...

ON JUNE 8, LIFE CHANGED IN WILMINGTON. THAT’S THE DAY PAGE ONE OF THE STARNEWS DECLARED “TOXIN TAINTS CFPUA DRINKING WATER.”

Flooding. Sewer spills. Contaminated drinking water. Across North Carolina's communities, water systems have been pushed to their limits, and in some...

State environmental officials are notifying owners of private wells near Duke Energy coal plants that they'll be getting new permanent water supplies or...

Budgets are supposed to be focused on taxes and spending. But the North Carolina Senate has a reputation for sliding major policy changes into its...

As the city of Flint, Michigan deals with the aftermath of its water crisis, WCQS checked in with Asheville Water Resources Director Jade Dundas to see…

Few of us think of who owns the water we drink or who manages the miles of pipes that keeps the precious resource running to our homes and businesses. But…