A subdivision was to overlook Great Smoky Mountains National Park. But not anymore
Great Smoky Mountains National Park covers 522,427 acres evenly split between Tennessee and North Carolina, the National Park ...
North Carolina Wildfire Map: Saluda, Tyron, And Croatan National Forest Among Affected Areas
Wildfires are raging through western North Carolina, with a fire in the Blue Ridge mountains causing Saturday evacuations in ...
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Appalachian Mountain Treasures Under Attack
The corruption of the US Forest Service is manifest nationwide, not just in the West. Numerous huge desecrations, such as at ...
More than 2,000 landslides devastate Western North Carolina communities and residents
WNC is often celebrated for its natural beauty, but floodwaters from Hurricane Helene had a devastating impact on the mountains and the local community.
Who Counts as a Hillbilly—And Who Gets to Decide?
“Honey, I come with $120,000 worth of law-school debt and a cemetery plot on a mountainside in eastern Kentucky,” he said, ...
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As Extreme Weather Increases, Appalachian Communities Are Learning How to Help One Another Through Disaster
This coverage, originally published by Blue Ridge Public Radio, is made possible through a partnership between BPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental ...
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When will my power be restored? Crews in mountains, foothills continue to restore outages
THE ELECTRIC GRID OVERALL, CREWS FROM BLUE RIDGE ENERGY AND LINEMEN FROM ACROSS APPALACHIA HAVE BEEN ... People in North Carolina and Virginia are feeling the impacts of half an inch of ice.
A living nightmare: Helene survivors describe landslides as geologists expand database
Helene's devastating rains caused more than 2,000 landslides across North Carolina. Here's what geologists are doing to map out and expand a public database.
Carolina Wildfires Followed Months Of Weather Whiplash, From Drought To Hurricane-Fueled Floods And Back To Drought
Scores of wildfires broke out across North Carolina , South Carolina and Georgia in early March 2025 as strong winds, ...
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Home Sweet Home? How NPCA is Helping Migrating Birds Return to the Appalachians
As Steve Goodman ventures deeper into the towering forest, he keeps his ears open and binoculars close. With a recording ...
What Helene’s more than 2,000 landslides can teach us about how and where to rebuild
Standing along Dix Creek Road, even five months after Helene’s wrath, the storm’s left a lasting scar on the mountainside. Uprooted trees, boulders scoured from the bedrock and debris from whatever ...