I ran 2,197 miles to celebrate my 50th birthday and raise money for clean water. And I kept working the whole time. I’m a ...

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

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 ...

UNAKA MOUNTAIN, Tenn. - On a mountaintop mantled in moss and nearly century-old red spruce, the Appalachian Trail now simply ...

Western North Carolina saw record turnout on Election ... Hurricane Helene has left parts of the Appalachian Trail in the South severely impacted, with damaged infrastructure, trail closures ...

Winding its way from Maine to Georgia, the Appalachian Trail (also known as the AT) spans 2,190 miles through 14 states. About 323 of those miles are found in North Carolina, including 226.6 miles ...

NPCA reflects on the storm damage caused by Helene to national parks in the Southeast, including the Blue Ridge Parkway and ...

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

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 ...

North Carolina, to Townsend, Tennessee. The event drew 576 people from 22 states to hike the 27-mile proposed route, and the road was never built. SMHC was also instrumental in the creation of the ...

The Carolina Mountain Club and the Tennessee Eastman Hiking & Canoeing Club, whose volunteers maintain the Appalachian Trail in the national forests north of the Smokies, have started some of the ...

North Carolina is arguably associated with the ... a great way to combine the Great Smoky Mountains section of the ...