Nonprofit funding to keep the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park open amid shutdown has been extended. Here's what we know.

ASHEVILLE - Despite a natural disaster, two Western North Carolina national park sites remained among the most visited in the country in 2024, though a March 5 National Park Service memo indicated the ...

The government shut down Oct. 1, 2025, as Republicans and Democrats are locked in a stalemate over funding the federal government. Here are stories about how the impasse is affecting North Carolina, ...

As Western North Carolina heads into the winter season, a group of nonprofits and local leaders are scaling back funding to keep the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Blue Ridge Parkway ...

Shutdown forces National Park Service to furlough staff and suspend web and social media updates. National Park Service areas including the Blue Ridge Parkway, Great Smoky Mountains and Appalachian ...

NELSON COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ/Gray News) – A National Park Service employee and his wife were killed in a crash on Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia. According to the NPS, Troy Hagwood, 62, and his wife ...

Despite the federal government shutdown that went into effect on Oct. 1, Western North Carolina’s national park properties will remain mostly open — but a few things will look different. The Blue ...

Visitors flock to parks and natural areas in Western North Carolina during the fall season. But this year, the government shutdown may disrupt plans. After Congress failed to pass a funding bill ahead ...