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Explore a quieter side to Pilot Mountain State Park in North Carolina. The Pilot Creek Trail is a secluded forest adventure that you'll keep coming back to.

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The only dog-focused campground in America is a North Carolina destination with seven parks for pets and many activities for ...

SO A NICE DRY STRETCH COMING UP FO A lingering low and a cold front may bring isolated severe thunderstorms to North Carolina on Sunday, June 1. Hurricane season begins on Sunday with no storms ...

LAKE LURE, N.C. — It’s hard to forget the images from Lake Lure following the destruction of Hurricane Helene. Over 22 inches ...

But this year the stakes were higher as Mottice was a part of University of North Carolina’s fourth NCAA women’s lacrosse championship in program history. It was the perfect way to cap a 22-0 season.

North Carolina prison leaders say they are working on sending fewer people to solitary confinement, too. Leslie Cooley Dismukes, the new leader of the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction ...

LAKE LURE, N.C. (WSPA ... We’ve worked hard, and we’ve had a lot of volunteers from, like, Carolina Conservancy to help us get rid of that and restore the trails.

North Carolina has failed to comply with federal law requiring accurate voter lists and isn't doing enough to fix those deficiencies, the U.S. Department of Justice alleged in a lawsuit Tuesday ...

It is located on land managed by El Dorado National Forest, Tahoe National Forest, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, and includes private properties. The Rubicon Trail has three major trailheads.