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 ...

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 Mitchell, which had been ...

View post: Cheese Recalled Across U.S. After Warning Announced At long last, and just days before fall officially begins, a beloved state park in North Carolina has reopened nearly a year after its ...

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 ...

Temperatures in North Carolina fell from a high of 99 degrees two weeks ago to lows in the 40s this week — except atop Mount Mitchell State Park. It is the highest peak east of the Mississippi River ...