More than a million people visit the North Carolina Zoo each year for a fun, relaxing day. Some college students were able to ...

More than 43 million Americans belong to the “some college, no credential” (SCNC) population. Roughly one million of them reside in North Carolina. Efforts to re-engage adult learners are on the rise, ...

ASHEBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — Best-selling romance novelist Nicholas Sparks’ new book is based in the Piedmont Triad and already at the top of the New York Times best sellers list. Sparks chose Asheboro as ...

Pat Simmons, who has led the NC Zoo since 2015, has died, zoo officials said Monday. Pat Simmons, the director and CEO of the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro, has died. Zoo officials say Simmons passed ...

ASHEBORO, N.C. — North Carolinians and animal lovers, rejoice! Our very own North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro has been named America's Best Zoo, according to Newsweek’s 2025 Readers’ Choice Awards! This ...

Asheboro -- The North Carolina Zoo says it needs $60 million in improvements in the next decade. Zoo officials said Wednesday that some of the facilities at the Asheboro zoo are outdated or ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ASHEBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — The busy season ...

ASHEBORO — At the same time the North Carolina Zoo is seeing a huge increase in visitors compared with last year, it's struggling to find staff to keep all of its exhibits open. "Like just about every ...

ASHEBORO, N.C. (WNCT) — Officials at the North Carolina Zoo announced the death of the zoo’s male ocelot, Diego. They said Diego was nearly 22 years old which far surpasses a wild ocelot’s lifespan of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ASHEBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — Floats for the ...