With temperatures slowly rising to the balmy Western North Carolina summer standard, and old favorites reopening to visitors, it's a great time to start planning a hike. There are countless trails in ...

ASHEVILLE - Summer has arrived to the tune of climbing temperatures and swelling humidity, but more can be done to beat the heat than hunkering down with already-straining air conditioning on blast.

NORTH CAROLINA, USA — Mount Mitchell State Park reopened Monday for the first time since Hurricane Helene, coinciding with the reopening of the Blue Ridge Parkway between milepost 382 in Asheville and ...