ASHEVILLE - A band of rain and scattered thunderstorms that passed through Western North Carolina and the South Carolina Upstate March 31 helped slow the spread of area wildfires, allowing ...

Pisgah National Forest, outside of Brevard, North Carolina, is one of the few spots to catch a glimpse of this annual phenomenon. Elliott Harrell is a Raleigh-based freelance writer who specializes in ...

PISGAH NATIONAL FOREST - Creeks flooded, mud slid onto roads and trees blocked trails, but the Pisgah Ranger District of Pisgah National Forest was spared the worst of Tropical Storm Helene. The ...

The U.S. Forest Service closed several roads and recreational sites in the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests ahead of ...

Home to a 65-foot waterfall known locally as Big Falls, the Elk River Falls Area within the Pisgah National Forest is reopening on July 11 after several months of Helene debris clearing. Visitors are ...

Pisgah, NC (September 19, 2025) — September marks one year since Hurricane Helene swept through Western North Carolina, leaving scars still visible across communities and landscapes. While the storm ...

The North Carolina Department of Transportation and its project team have secured permitting to extract rock from the Pisgah National Forest for the reconstruction of Interstate 40 in the Pigeon River ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The North Carolina Department of Transportation has received permits to extract rock from Pisgah National Forest to reconstruct Interstate 40 in the Pigeon River Gorge, an area ...

Some of my favorite North Carolina hiking trails are those that push you beyond your comfort zone. I'm not necessarily talking about the strenuous, technical ascents that require you to watch every ...

The Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of the Center for Biological Diversity and MountainTrue, sued the U.S. Forest Service today after the agency refused to stop an unlawful logging ...