North Carolina ranked second nationwide for visitor spending. What we’re watching: The National Park Service recently said it will hire up to 7,700 seasonal positions this year, but it’s ...

Trails and some roads in Cataloochee Valley, which is on the North Carolina side of the park, will welcome visitors back April 4, the National Park Service announced. Cataloochee has been closed since ...

The Blue Ridge Parkway sustained significant damage from Tropical Storm Helene. Emergency roadway work has begun at eight landslide locations.

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The Blue Ridge Parkway and Smoky Mountains National Park are among the seven deadliest national parks, according to a newly ...

A burn ban is in place for all of North Carolina, including Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Carolinas are still battling ... It lists an active air quality alert from the U.S. National ...

A National Park Service employee and his wife were ... road that tops Appalachian Mountains ridges in Virginia and North Carolina. This story was originally published March 25, 2025 at 7:52 ...

Researchers with the Clearwater Marine Aquarium in Florida report an orca has been sighted for the first time off Kitty Hawk on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. National Park Service photo Great ...

The ban applies to both the North Carolina and Tennessee sides of the park, rangers said The ban is consistent with a National Weather Service red flag warning for the area, rangers said.

The wildfire burning Thursday in western North Carolina is now the "highest ... spread into neighboring Henderson County. The National Weather Service issued a Red Flag Warning for parts of ...