If you want to know why the United States can’t build things anymore, the National Environmental Policy Act is a big part of the answer.

Trigonia had its own post office, store, grist mill, blacksmith shop and school. Tellico Dam put some land underwater when it was built, forming Tellico Lake. Mills' mother, the late Dot Mills ...

Congressman Duncan then faced an issue, which is well remembered to this day. The Tennessee Valley Authority was completing the construction of the Tellico Dam and someone discovered the snail darter ...

Hurricane Helene swept across the Southeast, causing major flooding and destruction throughout North Carolina. The News & Observer and the Charlotte Observer have a collection of stories about ...

Emergency crews and residents scrambled Friday as Helene — the hurricane downgraded to a tropical storm — overwhelmed the Lake Lure dam in western North Carolina, causing damage and erosion ...

A structural engineer assessed the Lake Lure dam Friday evening and determined its failure is not imminent, a town official said. The Lake Lure dam in western North Carolina overtopped Friday ...

LAKE LURE, N.C. – Authorities went house-to-house urging people below the dam of a popular lake in the western North Carolina mountains to evacuate Friday after officials warned the barrier ...

27 following reports that a North Carolina dam had "suffered a catastrophic failure," though the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency said around 4:40 p.m. it was told by Duke Energy the dam had ...

TELLICO PLAINS, Tenn. (WVLT) - Actress Jill Wagner and her husband Army Major David Lemanowicz are set to host charity event on their family farm Saturday. This is the second annual “Patriotic Pick” ...

National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists are urging North Carolina residents in Rutherford County downstream of the Lake Lure Dam to evacuate immediately as the dam is at risk of imminent ...

A quilt hand-crafted years ago is one more piece of evidence demonstrating Oakland's unity of faith and family. It was made ...