A part of the Appalachian Trail in Western North Carolina has reopened nearly four and a half months after Helene.

For our Wellness Issue, we asked folks in Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Madison and Transylvania counties to identify one ...

Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy purchased 407 acres in Haywood County to conserve land for wildlife, clean water ...

The former Blockade Runner Beach Resort has a new brand and look in Wrightsville Beach. New restaurants and more to come.

At the end of 2024, Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy purchased 407 acres on the eastern edge of Great Smoky ...

The mountains are a subrange of the Blue Ridge Mountains and one of the Balsam peaks, Cold Mountain, is the subject of North ...

National Park Service photo If you are wondering how much snow piled up in the North Carolina mountains over the past few weeks, let’s just say the higher you go, the deeper you’ll sink.

Temperatures in the North Carolina mountains are falling to single-digit lows, including areas along the northern part of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Blue Ridge Parkway/NPS photo Temperatures in the ...

Named after the town of Highlands, Highlands Outpost is an all-in-one fun destination with snow tubing, an outdoor roller coaster, and even trout fishing.

Grey Highlands council has settled on a draft 2025 budget with a 16.8 per cent local tax increase. Grey Highlands council held its third committee of the whole budget on Jan. 14 and ended the day ...

The Western North Carolina high school girls basketball ... pacing the Western Highlands Conference with 16.5 points per game. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

Researchers used drone imagery to analyze the full scope of a massive, 3,000-year-old fortress in the Caucasus mountains. Digitally stitching together 11,000 images, they created a complete map of ...