About 3,000 people attempt the entire distance of the 2,198-mile Appalachian Trail every year. Only 1 in 4 make it. It took ...

My mission was to run 2,197 miles of the Appalachian trail from Maine to Georgia ... but I was forced to shelter off the trail for two days in Franklin, North Carolina. The saddest part was witnessing ...

The resort town of Hot Springs is as beautiful as it is remote, and that mountain life comes with its own challenges.

The National Park Service restored another portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina on Wednesday, making ...

Oliver Anthony, the singer who went viral for his "Rich Men North Of Richmond" song last year, went to Western North Carolina ...

There are a ton of small towns in the Blue Ridge Mountains, but what if you hate driving? Well, these small towns are the ones to see.

We recommend the 2.9-mile round-trip hike along the North Rim Trail. Start from the North Rim Visitor Center and end at the ...

Since the passing of a $40 million bond referendum in 2014, the City of Hickory has embarked on a journey of transformation.

As floodwaters roared through remote mountain communities of Western North Carolina, locals raced against time to save each other.

The New River Conservancy (NRC) has been awarded $500,000 by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to create an action plan for improvements and expansions to the New River Water Trail ...

Throaty chants of “USA! USA! USA!” drove up the decibels. So did the talk of immigration policy in North Carolina, some 1,600 ...

But that hike marked the genesis of the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club, a group that is not only still around but finishing out ...