The tree is being harvested from Cartner's Christmas Tree Farm in Newland, a small town in western North Carolina hit hard by the storm. The Cartner brothers said they are honored to have one of their ...

North Carolina is the second-largest Christmas tree producer in the country, with approximately 1,300 growers located primarily in the mountains of western NC. Flooding caused by Helene had a big ...

Sam Cartner Jr., co-owner of Cartner's Christmas Tree Farm, measures the official White House Christmas tree, a 20-foot Fraser fir, in Newland, N.C., on Nov. 13, 2024. The Christmas tree industry just ...

AVERY COUNTY — After the devastation from Hurricane Helene in September of 2024, many people’s lives are still upended families without homes and/or jobs. Many communities are still in the process of ...

Biltmore Estate is celebrating its 130th Christmas this year, officially running from Nov. 1, 2025, through Jan. 4, 2026. Learn more about Christmas at Biltmore or buy tickets at biltmore.com.

NORTH CAROLINA (WTVD) -- Western North Carolina is home to one of the country's largest sources of Christmas trees in the country. It's why after Hurricane Helene, many are hoping to show their ...

Each Christmas for almost 40 years the Lacey family, which hails from the western North Carolina mountain town of Newland, sets up shop on a small lot in the Lowcountry city of Beaufort where they ...

As a second generation Christmas tree farmer, Jefferey Pollard is used to cutting trees. But this year, before the harvest could even start, his skills were needed away from the family farm in ...

Hurricane Helene’s path of destruction in the mountains of North Carolina devastated one of the region’s big industries: Christmas tree farming. One family operation overcame obstacles to get its crop ...

WEEKEND FORECAST COMING UP. DYLAN. THANK YOU. HAPPENING NOW IN WINSTON-SALEM. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING MULTIPLE HOUSE FIRES, WITH ONE OF THEM BEING FATAL. THE FIRST ONE HAPPENED ON SAINT ...