After a brutal fall for Western North Carolina, look for a refreshing sight in the days ahead: Christmas trees from the North ...

Nasty root rot threatens the Fraser fir, a beloved Christmas tree. North Carolina scientists are trying to save the iconic species.

This year’s honor was bestowed on Cartner’s Christmas Tree Farm in Newland, North Carolina ... trees [as] a better cash crop here in the mountains where it was hard to grow other crops ...