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

Rain wasn’t enough to extinguish the fire, and flames continued “in areas of extreme hurricane damage,” U.S. Forest Service ...

Fire burns “with high intensity” in an area of the North Carolina mountains previously damaged ... families to evacuate from their rural Western North Carolina homes. The fire started ...

Press release from The University of North Carolina ... recovery of the mountains,” Hans said. “It speaks volumes about the strength of our universities and the people of Western North ...

The wildfire strikes an inland region of North Carolina that is still recovering from the damage wrought by Hurricane Helene ...

ASHEVILLE - As a winter snowstorm hits Western North Carolina — and is expected to ease the morning of Jan. 11 — many areas in the mountains are receiving inches of fresh snow, presenting a ...

The devastating wildfires in Los Angeles carry a warning for western North Carolina: It could be next ... wildfire risk in the southern Appalachian Mountains, said widening variations in rainfall ...

A McDowell County wildfire was 90% contained by Wednesday morning, one week after it was first reported. The North Fork Fire ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — As communities in Western North Carolina continue to recover from ... The group has made regular trips to the mountains in the four months since the storm hit.

As parts of western North Carolina are still devastated from Helene, a wildfire erupted on Wednesday near Black Mountain and ...

Beech Mountain is the highest ski resort on the East Coast, ranking just above two fellow North Carolina destinations: Sugar Mountain Resort and Catalooche Ski Area . Both the resort and the town of ...

OLD FORT, N.C. — The U.S. Forest Service has reopened two dozen hiking trails in western North Carolina, including the ...