A lucky turn in weather, effective firefighting and previous controlled burns helped limit a huge blaze in North Carolina’s ...

Fall in North Carolina is something special. Here are four weekend getaways — each filled with great food, foliage, and fun.

These remarkable landscapes once covered western North Carolina, but a long legacy of extractive logging and land clearing means there are few remaining areas of old-growth forests left in the state.

An old nemesis of North Carolina's pine forests is having a resurgence in other Southeastern states as southern pine beetle ...

Controlled burns, collaborative efforts between agencies, ecosystem restoration and less fire-prone developments are all key ...

Though not generally thought of as a "crowd-free" location, this waterfall trail is recognized on Backpacker's list of fall favorites.

Many visitors describe the gardens as peaceful, though they suggest grabbing a map at ... North Carolina near the Georgia border. Surrounded by the Nantahala National Forest at an elevation ...

Beloved author Nicholas Sparks' new book "Counting Miracles" comes out Sept. 24. It's set in Asheboro, N.C., about a ...

Night - Mostly cloudy with a 47% chance of precipitation. Winds variable. The overnight low will be 67 °F (19.4 °C). Mostly cloudy with a high of 80 °F (26.7 °C) and a 51% chance of ...

In preparation for the annual Fire in the Pines Festival at Halyburton Park, the North Carolina Forest Service will be ...

Two local North Carolina Forest Service workers ... EYE IN THE SKY: HOW THE FOREST SERVICE IS UTILIZING DRONES TO MAP HOT SPOTS IN POPLAR DRIVE FIRE “Mike and Jordan bring more than 24 years ...

No. 10 North Carolina women’s soccer (8-1) bested the Wake Forest Deacons (5-2-1), 1-0, at Dorrance Field Thursday night.