The Fryingpan Mountain Lookout Tower Trail is the strangest hiking trail name in North Carolina. Read on to discover how it earned its unique name.

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Tomorrow is National Trails Day, and the North Carolina Zoo hopes you will explore one of their beautiful hikes. Several surround the park; others are hidden gems in the ...

Chimney Rock is set to reopen exactly nine months after Hurricane Helene devastated the surrounding communities.

Hot and humid Triad weather pattern will support heavy thunderstorms for the next several days. Storm chances will be greatest in the afternoons and evenings through Sunday, and may include damaging ...

A guide to free things to do in Asheville this summer: from visiting your local libraries, to catching no-cost shows and ...

For more casual dining, Woodlands Barbecue Restaurant delivers authentic North Carolina barbecue with all the expected sides – hush puppies, coleslaw, and baked beans – in unpretentious surroundings ...

Blowing Rock, North Carolina stands as the antidote to modern chaos – a mountain sanctuary where the air is fresher, the pace is gentler, and somehow, miraculously, your blood pressure drops the ...

The return of hot & humid weather will create an opportunity for scattered late day showers and storms in the Triad this weekend ...

Bill Belichick's return to the sidelines took a shocking twist in December when he accepted the job at the University of ...

The value of FEMA’s assistance package to North Carolinians recovering from Hurricane Helene has eclipsed $1 billion.

Rows of nostalgic, low-slung motor lodges rest on the aprons of towering mountains. A population just double that of the LSU ...