Moses Cone Memorial Park surrounds the town with miles of carriage trails perfect for walking or horseback riding through mountain meadows and forests. Bass Lake reflects the surrounding mountains ...

October is already halfway over. How will travel conditions be this Thanksgiving for NC residents and visitors?

Whiteside Mountain in southern Jackson County looks like the stuff of legend, and it is. And then some.

Banner Elk has some of the best fall foliage in the state, plus apple orchards and Grandfather Mountain views.

More than 750 cyclists rode into Kannapolis on Monday as part of the annual North Carolina Mountains to Coast Cycle Tour. They rode 63 miles from Lincolnton. They spent the night camping at the North ...

Tucked away in Western North Carolina, Cherokee provides unparalleled access to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. With ...

In those early days, survival was top of mind, which then gradually shifted to reviving tourism —a focus that has ... Post-hurricane, Sylva fared better than most Western North Carolina towns—not even ...

I'm From the South and This Charming Smoky Mountains Town Is the Best Place to See Fall Foliage in the U.S. Cherokee, North Carolina, is the perfect place to leaf peep. Cherokee, North Carolina, is ...

A conceptual rendering of what Red Hat Amphitheater could look like as part of a Raleigh Convention Center expansion. City of Raleigh AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy.

A Sylva man is currently battling legal issues after being charged with multiple counts of insurance fraud and attempting to obtain property by false pretense. Noah Zachary Daniel Saunier, 30, faces ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — As a government shutdown looms, there are significant concerns about its impact on western North Carolina. For months, politicians and business owners have harped on the ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — We will likely see impacts of a near-certain government shutdown here in western North Carolina. Dr. Chris Cooper, a professor of political science at Western Carolina ...