President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a memorandum to submit a plan to grant federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, a day before he is due to visit the state. The Lumbee tribe is recognized as a Native American tribe by the state of North Carolina but has been denied full recognition by the federal government.

President Donald Trump will visit storm-ravaged North Carolina on Friday in his first trip outside Washington since the start of his second term.

During a winter weather-related press conference on Wednesday, Jan. 22, Gov. Josh Stein told reporters that his office had just learned about the presidential visit.

Climate issues are taking center stage in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene wreaked catastrophic damage in western North Carolina at the end of last September.

President Donald Trump is expected to visit western North Carolina Friday four days after he was sworn into office.

Buncombe County officials are warning of "significant traffic impacts" coming to the Asheville-area Jan. 24, ahead of President Donald Trump's visit.

Governor Josh Stein confirmed the president's trip during his winter weather briefing Tuesday afternoon. He called it "very good news.”

President Donald Trump took his oath of office Monday saying that Western North Carolinians were “treated so badly” after Helene. Now he plans to visit the state in one of his first official trips.

President Donald Trump on Friday is set to visit the state, where some worry a new law will impede efforts to better prepare for the next storm.

We just learned that the president is coming to North Carolina,” North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein said during a news conference Tuesday afternoon while talking about winter storm preparations.

According to an NPR database, 50 people from North Carolina have been charged in connection with the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.