The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) will temporarily close one lane of Interstate 26 West in Polk County ...

FEMA applications are being received daily from survivors who sustained losses because of Tropical Storm Helene, but time is running out to register. FEMA representatives say more than 361 million ...

Sunday is Groundhog Day and the question of 6 more weeks of winter or an early spring was answered across the country ...

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein asked state legislators Monday to roughly double their spending so far on recovery from ...

Nine Polk County football players will play college football next season after signing with a college on Wednesday.

The heat is on:It's barbecue season in Polk County. The action starts with Pigfest in Lakeland The Green Swamp Wilderness Preserve is north of U.S. 98 along State Road 471 and Rockridge Road ...

Polk County Middle School’s band program is celebrating unprecedented success, with a record number of students selected for ...

As a certified substance abuse counselor with the state of N.C. and owner of Polk County Treatment Services, a N.C. State Authorized DWI Facility, I fully understand many of the challenges that ...

Born: November 2, 1795, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina... James K. Polk, the original "dark horse" candidate, laid out his foreign policy and domestic aims early, achieved them in one term ...