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As the weather warms up, many are enjoying the Blue Ridge Parkway. It's gearing up for the summer season while still managing ...
The Blue Ridge Parkway at Gooch Gap, near Little Switzerland, North Carolina, after Tropical Storm Helene. National Park Service Crews are initially concentrating on a dozen landslides at eight ...
The Blue Ridge Parkway draws millions of tourists annually into 12 western North Carolina counties. Helene upended visitor ...
North Carolina knows a thing or two about national parks (and the National Park Service), and every one of us should pay attention to the Trump administration’s current attack on these treasures.
Blue Ridge Parkway ... In the 1930s, Little Switzerland developer (and state Supreme Court justice) Heriot Clarkson forced the state to narrow the Parkway and agree to four entrances serving ...
and begged our parents to take us sledding off the Blue Ridge Parkway in winter. Much of my summer breaks from school were spent digging for crawdads under creek rocks and tubing lazily down the ...
The Bee Rock Creek Fire near the Blue Ridge Parkway south of Little Switzerland began Tuesday, and by midday Friday, the U.S. Forest Service estimated it at 856 acres and 10% contained. The fire has ...
After road work was set to close large sections over the next several months, an agreement was reached to delay the shutdown ...
The mountains of Western North Carolina are greening up again and soon the rhododendron blooms will herald the arrival of summer along the Blue Ridge Parkway. But this year, most of the parkway ...