With a career spanning six decades and comprising 50 albums, there’s no denying that 11-time Grammy winner Dolly Parton has ...

In the first project of its kind in North Carolina, NCDOT plans to use roller-compacted concrete to build an enormous wall—20 ...

The American landscape is undergoing a dramatic transformation as wildfire seasons become longer and more intense. For ...

FILE: Dave Rempel, 28, a biologist with the Institute for Wildlife Studies, carries a juvenile bald eagle in a kennel to a ...

The country’s most-visited national park had its lowest attendance since 2018. But the longest government shutdown in history ...

Mount LeConte, at 6,593 feet high, received about 5 inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service. The area was ...

The company will close its doors Feb. 28, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filed Jan. 12.

In the Great Smoky Mountains, an auxiliary team of élite outdoorsmen answers the call when park-goers’ hikes, climbs, and ...

Avery’s junior varsity boys basketball team got off to a fast start in its matchup with Smoky Mountain, opening up a ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — Great Smoky Mountains National Park shared the progress crews have made on the Laurel Falls Trail on Saturday morning. Crews have been working on the trail since the ...

Four species of millipedes were discovered in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Facebook account for the park announced that four brand-new millipede species were discovered, made possible ...

This story was updated Dec. 24 to include a quote from  NC DHHS.  Between 2017 and 2025, Swain County Law Enforcement Center failed 13 of 16 biannual inspections, according to Disability Rights North ...