As the fall leaf-peeping season approaches, the Blue Ridge Parkway reopened Monday between Asheville and Mount Mitchell State Park, allowing the park to open for the first time since the remnants of ...

A major stretch of a picturesque parkway has reopened to visitors. At long last, and just days before fall officially begins, a beloved state park in North Carolina has reopened nearly a year after ...

Newly reopened section of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Milepost 380 in Asheville, NC. Nearly a year after Hurricane Helene triggered landslides that closed large sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway, one ...

MOUNT MITCHELL, N.C. — All 13 state parks in North Carolina that were closed after Hurricane Helene have officially reopened, with Mount Mitchell celebrating with a grand ceremony on Thursday. Mount ...

Temperatures in North Carolina fell from a high of 99 degrees two weeks ago to lows in the 40s this week — except atop Mount Mitchell State Park. It is the highest peak east of the Mississippi River ...

A Blue Ridge Parkway tunnel is closed “until further notice” “due to a piece of the tunnel’s natural rock ceiling coming loose,” parkway officials posted on Facebook Tuesday. The closure means a ...

A view of Mount Mitchell from the Blue Ridge Parkway. At 6,684 feet above sea level, Mount Mitchell is the highest point in the eastern United States. NEWS & OBSERVER FILE PHOTO As the fall ...