Christmas

Cartner's Christmas Tree Farm is located in Avery County, North Carolina. It was one of the hardest-hit counties from Hurricane Helene just a few months before. The farm experienced some road damage and lost between 5,000 to 6,000 smaller trees in a mudslide.

Raleigh is pausing applications for new parade permits as the city reviews the way it hosts the events. The move comes shortly after Raleigh and some other areas banned motorized vehicles at Christmas parades this year.

The changes to the town’s “Deck the Hall-Z” parade is due partly to the death of an 11-year-old girl at Raleigh’s Christmas parade in 2022.

Cline Church Nursery in Fleetwood has been selected to offer a Christmas Tree to the White House.

The long-running bird census is an annual conservation effort done by volunteers in the U.S and North Carolina to help keep track of bird species.

The new protocols come after an 11-year-old girl died while walking in Raleigh's Christmas Parade on Nov. 19. She was hit by a truck that lost control of its brakes while towing a float. The rules include making sure that all vehicles in the parade are properly inspected.

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