This Independence Day weekend, step back in time at the Hickory Ridge History Museum in Boone for a one-of-a-kind celebration ...

For over a century, the Brown Mountain Lights phenomenon has puzzled scientists and fascinated visitors to this modest peak in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains. These mysterious, colorful orbs ...

A new restaurant at North East Marina is its owners' fifth business in the hospitality industry. They're no strangers to the ups and downs and ins and outs of the dining scene.

Kevin Daughrity, his wife Kim, and daughter, Amber, own four other hospitality businesses, opened Blue Pike Grille at North East Marina. Despite the marina's delayed opening, Blue Pike Grille is ...

After more than a decade at the helm of Blue Ridge Area Food Bank, C-E-O Michael McKee will retire at the end of June. In this exit interview with WMRA’s Ayse Pirge, he looks back at his time at the ...

After more than a decade at the helm of Blue Ridge Area Food Bank, C-E-O Michael McKee will retire at the end of June. In this exit interview with WMRA’s Ayse Pirge, he looks back at his time at ...

The Roan Mountain Recreation Area in the Pisgah National Forest, known for its rhododendron blooms, is set to reopen on Friday, June 20.

A remarkable archaeological discovery in the Blue Mountains has revealed that people lived in this cold, high-altitude region during the last ice age—much earlier than previously believed ...

North Carolina may have better known cities like Charlotte and Raleigh, but this college town near the Blue Ridge Mountains holds its own in fun.

The ground is saturated after nearly a month of unsettled weather. Tuesday's best rain chances will be west, but heavy rain producing thunderstorms will remain possible in the Triad in the ...

A North Carolina man has died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident on the Blue Ridge Parkway nearly two weeks ago. National Park Service officials report that Edward Zigata, 60, of ...

Virginia’s Blue Ridge is renowned for its scenic mountain views, forest hikes that offer both solitude and unexpected surprises, bike routes that attract cyclists from all over the country, and ...