An invasive pest is quickly making its way across North Carolina, and it’s wreaking havoc on the state’s ash trees. The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) first started ravaging the hardwood trees around the ...

SALISBURY — Pulling back the flaking bark of the green ash tree with the ease of someone peeling an orange, Jay Bolin exposes the evidence he expected to find. “Look at those D-shaped exit holes,” he ...

In late June, Paul Cigan got a call from an arborist in Burnett County asking him to check out a suspicious ash tree. The the leaves on the upper branches of the tree had thinned, making the tree look ...