Asheville is one of the best destinations for hiking tourists with access to Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Blue ...

The four-state mountain region that includes Great Smoky Mountains National Park is home to an estimated 14,500 black bears, but one particular animal had caught the attention of a watchful police ...

Botzet compared this information against similar data from an additional 37 bears that had not been engaged in conflict, which she captured and released in the Pigeon River Gorge, near release ...

The land available to the NCDOT for quarrying is spread across seven sites in the Pisgah, all within 3 miles to the south and west of where the Pigeon River washed out much of I-40 near the North ...

Smoke seen from our Sauratown Mountain weather camera in Stokes County is a prescribed burn. This is the view from the WXII 12 News Sauratown Mountain tower camera. Several viewers living near the ...

During a March 5 Western North Carolina Rail Committee meeting ... repairs being made along Interstate 40 in the Pigeon River ...

Damage from Hurricane Helene flooding is seen along eastbound lanes of Interstate 40 near the North ... section on the North Carolina side of the border will officially reopen on Saturday. Flooding in ...

JONATHAN CREEK - Driving west along Interstate 40 in the Pigeon River Gorge ... mountain pass may take longer than usual to travel. There are other ways to pass between Tennessee and North Carolina.

Interstate 40 along the Pigeon River Gorge ... mountains finally reopens. It will come with a couple of caveats. With the one lane setup lasting approximately 12 miles from Exit 7 in North ...