Sunday is Groundhog Day and the question of 6 more weeks of winter or an early spring was answered across the country ...

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein asked state legislators Monday to roughly double their spending so far on recovery from ...

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) will temporarily close one lane of Interstate 26 West in Polk County ...

Polk County remained in a potential reformation of the old Western Highlands Conference in the latest draft of the North ...

Polk County Middle School’s band program is celebrating unprecedented success, with a record number of students selected for ...

The heat is on:It's barbecue season in Polk County. The action starts with Pigfest in Lakeland The Green Swamp Wilderness Preserve is north of U.S. 98 along State Road 471 and Rockridge Road ...

As a certified substance abuse counselor with the state of N.C. and owner of Polk County Treatment Services, a N.C. State Authorized DWI Facility, I fully understand many of the challenges that ...

As anyone who has been stuck in traffic in Polk County can tell you ... I used to be able to get anywhere in Lakeland, you know, north to south, in 15 to 20 minutes. Now, 30 minutes.

Born: November 2, 1795, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina... James K. Polk, the original "dark horse" candidate, laid out his foreign policy and domestic aims early, achieved them in one term ...