A view of Mount Mitchell from the Blue Ridge Parkway. At 6,684 feet above sea level, Mount Mitchell is the highest point in the eastern United States. NEWS & OBSERVER FILE PHOTO As the fall ...

MOUNT MITCHELL, N.C. — All 13 state parks in North Carolina that were closed after Hurricane Helene have officially reopened, with Mount Mitchell celebrating with a grand ceremony on Thursday. Mount ...

Newly reopened section of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Milepost 380 in Asheville, NC. Nearly a year after Hurricane Helene triggered landslides that closed large sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway, one ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The National Park Service announced on Monday it has reopened a section of the Blue Ridge Parkway from milepost 382 in Asheville to milepost 355.3 at the Ridge Junction Overlook ...

RESOURCES TO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA’S RECOVERY. ANOTHER PORTION OF THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY IS BACK OPEN IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE SAYS LANDSLIDE REPAIR WORK ON A 26 MILE ...

Along with many Western North Carolina schools, large stretches of the Blue Ridge Parkway are closed in the Tar Heel State due to inclement weather as of Monday, Nov. 10. A freezing cold front in the ...

South Mountains State Park reopens this spring, after months of work to clear roads and trails of fallen trees and debris left by the remnants of Hurricane Helene in September. But some trails remain ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is, without a doubt, North Carolina’s most popular national park. With its beautiful mountains, great biodiversity, and rich natural history, it is not surprising ...

A Blue Ridge Parkway tunnel is closed “until further notice” “due to a piece of the tunnel’s natural rock ceiling coming loose,” parkway officials posted on Facebook Tuesday. The closure means a ...