Western North Carolina has made appearances on summer-related USA TODAY 10Best readers choice awards once again, earning spots on three more lists of outdoor adventures. This time, WNC was praised for ...

On the western edge of the battleground state of North Carolina cuts the Nantahala River and an unlikely spot for an experiment in reconciliation. About 30 Americans went there to navigate the ...

The Nantahala Outdoor Center is a high adventure outfitter in the mountains. The Nantahala Outdoor Center is a high adventure outfitter in the mountains with rafting, kayaking, biking and more.

The 500-acre campus of the Nantahala Outdoor Center (NOC) near Bryson City, North Carolina, is quiet in mid-February except for the rushing waters of the Nantahala River flowing through it. There are ...

ONE OF NINE: The north fork of the French Broad River is one of nine rivers added as eligible for National Wild and Scenic status. Photo Courtesy of Kevin Colburn By Jack Igelman, originally published ...

The Nantahala is down at least 200 trout after Duke Energy released warm water into the river. "It's unfortunate, but it sounds like it was fairly unavoidable," said Zan Price, assistant regional ...

From a Western North Carolina ridge or mountaintop, maybe from Wayah Bald in the Nantahala National Forest or Waterrock Knob on the Blue Ridge Parkway, the view might look like miles of rippling green ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C.— The U.S. Forest Service released the Pisgah-Nantahala National Forest Plan today, quadrupling logging and reducing protections for the most visited national forest in the country. The ...

Western North Carolina is home to hundreds of miles of hiking trails, cascading waterfalls, old-growth forests and sacred lands, most of which are found throughout Pisgah and Nantahala national ...