Natalie Grainger via Unsplash Two of the nation’s best places to go apple picking are in the North Carolina mountains, new ...

Sept. 6 marked the kickoff of the 30th year of the North Carolina Mountain State Fair. The festivities end Sept. 15 at the ...

The peak was named for him in 1859. Thousands of years before the mountain was named after a North Carolina senator, it ...

More and more North Carolina counties, including some in the mountains, are bucking the 20-year-old Save Our Summers law. State law says most traditional public schools cannot start the school ...

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.

The North Carolina mountain estate that sold for a record price in August 2024 has “majestic” and “pristine” views of Pisgah National Forest and the Blue Ridge Parkway, according to the ...

Some national parks shine a bit brighter in the fall than others — and Great Smoky Mountains National Park is certainly one of them. Located in both North Carolina and Tennessee, the park is ...

Terry Belk's medical debt illustrates the uniquely American medical debt crisis, which affects millions of people.