North Carolina is a leading producer of Christmas trees, and the Cadillac of trees is their native Fraser fir. It is, though, an evergreen under siege. Paul Garber from member station WFDD reports on ...

The aftermath of Tropical Storm Helene has left a heavy mark on Western North Carolina’s Christmas tree industry, a vital economic engine for the region. Avery County alone has reported the loss of ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently awarded a small specialty crop block grant to the Michigan Christmas Tree ...

AVERY COUNTY, N.C. — A 20-foot Fraser fir in Avery County was chosen to be the next White House Christmas tree. The selection Monday came weeks after Helene devastated much of western North Carolina.

Fraser firs have been coming down from the mountains in the past few weeks. Strapped to the roofs of cars, they travel down from the hills bundled in netting, only to spring back to perfect form in so ...