MORGANTON, N.C. — A 74-year-old former postal employee from Morganton pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud in Asheville on Friday. Sandra Cannon Throneburg admitted to lying about her ability ...

Everyone agrees that Europe is slipping behind America and China—and everyone agrees that something must be done. Deciding what to do is the problem. A year or so ago, Mario Draghi, the EU’s ...

Half of construction site workers in Asheville earn less than the $59,840 needed to rent a one-bedroom apartment and civil engineers earning nearly $100,000 a year find it difficult to afford a home ...

Already battered by financial strains, the hotel industry now faces another blow – shortage of skilled staff – as relentless attrition and poaching threaten to cripple operations. require Chorten ...

A member of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education gained attention from a popular conservative social media account after posting about the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Kirk was ...

MURRAY — The Utah Department of Transportation says it plans to fill the cave allegedly dug out by a man found inside it near an I-15 overpass. Troy Coyn Jones, 45, was booked into the Salt Lake ...

Signal Ohio journalists in three cities walked out of their jobs for two hours on Tuesday to protest what they say are delays in negotiating with management and management’s current insistence that ...

They don’t seem happy, they don’t give 100%—and they don’t quit. Cranky workers are clinging to the jobs they have instead of moving on because, well, what’s the alternative in the current economy?

Our editors' top picks to read today. Roofers, among others, deserve a shout-out, says columnist Roy Peter Clark. Florida's heat makes roofing and some other jobs particularly strenuous. Contributing ...

Tens of thousands of positions in the sector remained unfilled at the start of the season, the hotel owners association said. And a recent survey of companies found that eight out of 10 employers were ...

The "file of life" is a folder with a magnetic strip on the back that can be hung on the family refrigerator. Inside are forms that can be filled out to provide residents’ medical information, from ...

The Toronto Blue Jays are heading into the stretch run of the season with a lot to figure out with their bullpen. August was not a good month for the Blue Jays group of relief pitchers. Entering play ...