Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the region's plentiful copperheads emerge this spring, North Carolinians may already know what to do if the venomous snake ...

Let's say you're hiking in Jones Gap State Park enjoying a beautiful spring day and then you feel something hit you, something like a rubber band snapping on your leg. Your leg starts burning and ...

“I was simply walking into the house, and I couldn’t see anything. And all of a sudden, I just had this incredible pain in ...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF/Gray News) – A woman had to visit three medical facilities before receiving treatment after a copperhead snake bit her last week. Ree Lawson reached behind her to grab a ...

The wife of Monroe Mayor Robert Burns is recovering after being bitten by a large copperhead, which is the most widespread venomous snake in North Carolina. Burns wrote on his Facebook page that his ...

A 9-year-old boy is recovering at home after being bitten by a copperhead snake while fishing over the weekend, according to ...

North Carolina leads the nation in an undesirable category, claiming the title of the highest number of snakebites per 100,000 residents. Agkistrodon contortrix, commonly known as the copperhead snake ...