Virginia Wesleyan University will be renamed Batten University in 2026 in honor of the contributions of Jane Batten and her family, the university announced on Wednesday.

Hurricane Erin is just 200 miles off the North Carolina coast early Thursday morning. There are tropical storm warnings up and down the Carolina coast ahead of the nearby pass from the storm.

Erin’s strength has fluctuated significantly over the past week, but it remains a powerful Category 2 hurricane.

Hurricane Erin is pulling away from the North Carolina coast, but its far-reaching effects are causing flooding, rip currents ...

A powerful and sprawling Hurricane Erin continued lashing hundreds of miles of coastline along the Eastern Seaboard with its outer bands Thursday morning, proving a storm of such size doesn't need to ...

Hurricane Erin has unleashed powerful winds and flooding on a North Carolina highway as it advanced along the US East Coast.

Hurricane Erin has battered North Carolina’s Outer Banks with strong winds and waves that flooded part of the main highway ...