Union County had the greatest increase in population, growing by 10.4 percent from 63,085 to 69,637 between 2020 and 2023.

Shrinking Snow Seasons The heart of the skiing industry has been battling a chilling new reality. Warmer winters are ...

An effort to enact tougher new building standards in flood-prone areas in Waynesville is quickly losing steam. Town council last week held off on a proposal aimed to protect homeowners from future ...

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South Carolina saw the greatest increase in population due to domestic migration, while Hawaii's population shrank the most, the U.S. Census Bureau's most recent interstate migration estimates show.

It raised the base flood elevation for most of that area from 6 feet to 7 feet, according to the flood zone map. That means any new construction project in the zone must have a ground floor ...

One significant area of research involves the removal of artifacts from existing elevation data. A recent study developed a global map of elevation that eliminates the influence of forests and ...

US Population Projections Shrink From Last Year Because of Declining Birth Rates, Less Immigration The Congressional Budget Office has shrunk its projections for the U.S. population in 30 years to ...

An effort to enact tougher new building standards in flood-prone areas in Waynesville is quickly losing steam. Town council last week held off on a proposal aimed to protect homeowners from future ...

A combination of hotter and drier weather and more people living in places that naturally burn are making things complicated.