BOONE, N.C. – Cross-stitched Bible verses decorate the wood-paneled living room walls in a small, historic piece of Black Appalachia — the Western North Carolina mountaintop community of “Junaluska.” Lisa Foster’s 16-year-old dog sleeps on the flannel blanket next to her. She strokes Lily’s head and glances at the TV in the corner. “The floods…
With winter approaching, seasonal illnesses like the flu are already surging. There is another to add to the long list of illnesses to look out for – Valley fever. Cases of Valley fever are spiking across the southwest. Infections in Arizona have jumped 45% from what they were this time last year, an uptick of…
Two people are dead and others injured as a “bomb cyclone” battered the Pacific Northwest with high winds and rain Wednesday, cutting power to hundreds of thousands in Washington state amid forecasts calling for more dangerous rain, flooding and snow in the region. Two women in the Seattle suburbs were killed separately by falling trees,…
WASHINGTON − Germany said damage to two underwater telecommunications cables linking Germany to Finland and Sweden to Lithuania is “sabotage,” in an incident reminiscent of the 2022 bombing of the Nord Stream pipelines. The two cables, which run between the countries through the Baltic Sea, went dead on Sunday and Monday. Lithuania said it is…
Katelyn Yates/Facebook Pregnancies can be unplanned but equally welcomed blessings for parents. However, sometimes women find out they are pregnant at the most unexpected time, and it can take a moment to digest the news. When Katelyn Yates went to the hospital on April 1, 2024, with a sore throat, she expected to leave with a diagnosis and…