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 ...

Debris from Nantahala River has been removed after multiple landslides that happened Aug. 24.Contractors removed an estimated 350 dump truck loads of soil and rock and 150 truckloads of woody debris ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Nantahala community gives new meaning to the word “isolated.” The county seat of Franklin is 45 minutes away by winding road in the best of seasons. Though the community has only 80 some students ...