A view of Mount Mitchell from the Blue Ridge Parkway. At 6,684 feet above sea level, Mount Mitchell is the highest point in the eastern United States. NEWS & OBSERVER FILE PHOTO As the fall ...

MOUNT MITCHELL, N.C. — All 13 state parks in North Carolina that were closed after Hurricane Helene have officially reopened, with Mount Mitchell celebrating with a grand ceremony on Thursday. Mount ...

Newly reopened section of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Milepost 380 in Asheville, NC. Nearly a year after Hurricane Helene triggered landslides that closed large sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway, one ...

Along the southern end of the tallest mountain east of the Mississippi River, hundreds of acres of critically endangered forests have been on the wish list of public and private conservation groups ...

As of Sept. 15, all North Carolina state parks are at least partially open with the reopening of Mount Mitchell State Park. And just in time for leaf peeping season. The Citizen Times previously ...

Temperatures in North Carolina fell from a high of 99 degrees two weeks ago to lows in the 40s this week — except atop Mount Mitchell State Park. It is the highest peak east of the Mississippi River ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A park south of Wamego will celebrate a milestone this weekend with a ribbon cutting, in part, to show off an expansion and improvements. Michael Stubbs and Christian Bishop with ...

The restaurant in Mount Mitchell State Park in Yancey County has reopened with a new name after a $2.7 million renovation.