The Fryingpan Mountain Lookout Tower Trail is the strangest hiking trail name in North Carolina. Read on to discover how it earned its unique name.

Last month, the Nature Center celebrated its 100-year anniversary. What began as a small municipal zoo focused on exotic animals has evolved into today’s center, which emphasizes care for and ...

As migratory birds return to the slopes and valleys of western North Carolina this spring and summer, conservation leaders ...

AMERICORPS CUTS: The bulk of AmeriCorps members in the Project Conserve program worked in Western North Carolina on Tropical Storm Helene recovery, helping to clear fallen trees, fix trails that ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein urged state lawmakers Monday to allocate hundreds of millions more dollars toward western North Carolina’s ongoing recovery from Hurricane ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- The North Carolina Museum of Art will undergo a major makeover on its Raleigh and Winston-Salem campuses. These renovations are made possible through funding from the state ...

BOTH THOSE SCHEDULES ARE AVAILABL A Western North Carolina man has been sentenced after a deadly 2023 shooting. According to the Buncombe County Sheriff's Office, the shooting happened on Cherry ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — After spending nearly two decades beneath the surface, Brood XIV cicadas are emerging across Western North Carolina in one of nature's most fascinating and loudest events.

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The NC Museum of Art's free After Hours event is sponsored by WRAL. Museum director Valerie Hillings shares details about the event starting at 5 p.m. Thursday, May 15. The NC Museum of Art's free ...