In the forests near Asheville, rare fireflies known as "blue ghosts" are lighting up the woods – and helping a storm-battered ...

Shenandoah National Park has closed several trails due to heavy rain. It remains unclear when these will reopen.

After devastating floods last year, many Western NC mountain towns are open for business and need your dollars. Here’s where ...

With a 17-year cicada emergence coming soon, some members of the Western North Carolina community may have questions. WNC didn't see much beyond the usual annual "dog day" cicadas in 2024, despite the ...

NORTH CAROLINA, USA — The National Park Service will reopen some roads, trails and facilities inside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park after Hurricane Helene passed through. They're all in ...

Fires, habitat loss and floods plagued the region. Ambler’s group petitioned Congress to create a Forest Preserve, making Asheville the earliest promoter of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

After moving 600 tons of gravel, the federal utility reopened a beloved public camping spot devastated by Helene.

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park was prompted to issue an advisory after a banned item was found on the floor of the forest. A park ranger is seen in an image posted online by the park ...

Last summer at a family gathering in South Carolina, Ann Houghton, at 73, jumped off docks to swim in the lake with her seven great-nieces and nephews, explored barefoot in the woods and got stuck ...

"I first came to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 1989 ... "In 2022 when we had the flood here, it wiped out sections of the trail and then actually took out part of Greenbrier Road.

In 2022, flash floods hit the hills of eastern Kentucky leaving in ... In September, tropical storms leftover from Hurricane Helene besieged the Great Smoky Mountains. Already saturated from days of ...