Fall colors are making a bright come back along the Blue Ridge Parkway town of Beech Mountain after last year’s leaf peeping ...

Press release from Blue Ridge Parkway: The beginning of the Blue Ridge Parkway’s visitor season coincides with the early critical feeding season for bears. As a result, increased visitor traffic on ...

CLOSED FOR BEARS: The Craggy Gardens visitor center is closed until further notice due to an increase in human-bear interactions. Photo courtesy of the Blue Ridge Parkway After several reports of ...

An eight-mile stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway in Asheville, North Carolina is closed due to an incident involving a black bear. The closure started Oct. 30 and will be in place until further notice.

ASHEVILLE – Wildlife biologists and law enforcement rangers have closed all use of a half-mile section on Bull Mountain Trail off the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville due to an increase in dangerous ...

Rangers closed part of a trail along the Blue Ridge Parkway after a bear attacked and fatally injured a hiker's dog, the National Park Service says. The incident was the first of a series of ...

ASHEVILLE - The half-mile section of the Bull Mountain Trail off of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville opened back up on July 3 after being closed due to "aggressive" bear encounters. More: ...

The National Park Service has closed an 8-mile portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway indefinitely following multiple attempts by visitors to feed and hold a young bear. The instances of human-bear ...