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As tourism season gets hot, western NC hopes it won’t be a cruel summer
For a variety of businesses in western N.C., a bustling summer tourism season is sorely needed to balance their books.
This Western North Carolina National Forest Is One of the Only Places to Spot Rare Blue Ghost Fireflies—and You Can Only See Them for a Limited Time
Pisgah National Forest, outside of Brevard, North Carolina, is one of the few spots to catch a glimpse of this annual ...
Tourism declines in western North Carolina concern state officials
Year-to-date attendance, the park’s Stewardship Foundation said, was down by 25% at the end of April. The data comes amid ...
Preliminary 4.1 magnitude earthquake jolts Tennessee, parts of Georgia and North Carolina
The quake hit around 9 a.m. local time, about 13 miles from Greenback, Tennessee, which is about 30 miles south of Knoxville, ...
Western North Carolina resident shares moments she felt a 4.1 earthquake from Tennessee
Residents in western North Carolina experienced tremors as a 4.1 magnitude earthquake originating in Tennessee sent seismic ...
‘Egg-sized hail’ headed to North Carolina, experts say. Here’s when it may fall
“Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop by late this afternoon and continue into this evening. A few of these storms ...
These 2 Western NC rivers were named among America's 11 most endangered historic places
Two Western North Carolina rivers have been placed on a yearly list of America's most endangered historic places, in the ...
'Our farm wiped off map from Helene:' ASAP reports impact to small Western NC farmers
A report released May 7 by the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project lays out past and continuing damage to the local ...