Writer Georgann Eubanks chronicles fifteen natural phenomena from across the region in The Fabulous Ordinary: Discovering the Natural Wonders of the Wild South.

Co-host Leoneda Inge sits down with Susan Campbell, longtime hummingbird researcher and co-founder of the Cape Fear Bird Observatory.

Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail that runs through three western states is already challenging. Now the grueling journey may become even tougher this year due to federal cuts. Over a year's worth of trail work to clear downed trees and rebuild stretches of the Pacific Crest Trail has been canceled, while similar repairs have been disrupted for the Appalachian Trail. Wildfires and hurricanes already were taking a toll on America's two legendary trails that are used by millions each year. Now the associations overseeing the paths say cuts in grant money and the Trump administration's downsizing of the federal workforce threaten their very existence.

The Cape Fear River Basin is the source of drinking water for 1.5 million North Carolina residents. It is also where three municipal governments — Asheboro, Greensboro and Reidsville — are legally dumping dangerous levels of 1,4-dioxane, a colorless industrial solvent linked to cancer.

North Carolina Forest Service officials say downed trees will soon dry out, making fires worse and more difficult to fight.

North Carolina enacted a rare energy law in the South in 2021 that directed power plant emissions be sharply reduced. But now the state's GOP-controlled legislature is seeking to repeal a key element in that law.

When Hurricane Helene ripped through western North Carolina, it downed power lines, leaving tens of thousands of residents without electricity for days, even weeks.

A wildlife biologist with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission talks with Due South's Leoneda Inge about North Carolina's black bears and their adaptation to increased interactions with humans.

Due South’s Jeff Tiberii talks with Robert Scheller of NC State University about why wildfires are becoming more common in our state and the Southeast — and what the future might hold.

It has been six months since Helene ripped through Western North Carolina and perpetually altered life in the mountains. We check-in on recovery, communities, workers, and tourism half a year after Helene.