The mountains are a subrange of the Blue Ridge Mountains and one of the Balsam peaks, Cold Mountain, is the subject of North Carolina author Charles Frazier's 1997 novel by the same name. Given the ...

Over the 5 years since we launched Blue Ridge Mountains Travel Guide, our team has visited 70-80 different towns in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia (not including those we’ve driven ...

USA TODAY’s 2025 Restaurants of the Year celebrates the South’s most exciting and storied dining destinations. Chosen by our ...

Parks and hiking trails in Catawba, Burke and McDowell counties are still being repaired four months after Hurricane Helene ...

Bill Vines and Timber Ridge, the U.S. Forest Service said. Two sections of the Mountains-to-Sea trail have reopened in Caldwell County. The Lost Cove Loop section of the Mountain-to-Sea trail is open.

A mom and daughter, a cat-loving stage prop designer and a “Forest”-dwelling contractor are among the few who’ve gotten back to see what’s left of their homes. Each fled in a chaotic scramble last ...

Grandfather Mountain is mourning the loss of an 11-year-old bald eagle.Ajax the bald eagle died on Wednesday following complications from an infection he developed.“We will miss his strength and ...

Ajax, the beloved Grandfather Mountain bald eagle, died Wednesday due to complications from an infection, officials with the N.C. nature park in Linville said. He was 11. “We will miss his ...