In contrast, wild American ginseng is an understory plant that can live for decades in the forests of the Appalachian ...

This is the first in a series of articles on traditional foods in southern Appalachia and pairs with Transylvania County ...

West Cove sits near the top of the Beaverdam community of Haywood County, a beautiful forested mountain haven near the ...

A federal appeals court will hear arguments Dec. 10 over the future of a proposed pipeline supplying the planned Cumberland Gas Plant in Stewart County.

Travel blogger Alexandra Blodgett has visited 35 national parks. Some of the best for fall foliage are often overlooked, she ...

NPCA reflects on the storm damage caused by Helene to national parks in the Southeast, including the Blue Ridge Parkway and ...

UNAKA MOUNTAIN, Tenn. — On a mountaintop mantled in moss and nearly century-old red spruce, the Appalachian Trail now simply disappears. For lengthy stretches, it lies under tangles of trees ...

ERWIN, Tenn. (WJHL)—Every year, thousands of hikers take on the over 2,000-mile trek from Georgia to Maine on the Appalachian Trail. However, the damage caused by Hurricane Helene added an extra ...

(AP) — An Appalachian mayor was declared the winner Thursday ... accounting for nearly a quarter of all homeowners insurance ...

As floodwaters roared through remote mountain communities of Western North Carolina, locals raced against time to save each other.