The beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway travels 469 miles along the spine of the ancient Blue Ridge Mountains, from Rockfish Gap, ...

Southern Living has previously praised Western NC for its beauty. Here's the reasoning behind the 7 locations writers chose ...

Parks and hiking trails in Catawba, Burke and McDowell counties are still being repaired four months after Hurricane Helene ...

BOONE — The 2025 Boonerang Music and Arts Festival will be held June 19-22 in downtown Boone. Organizers are taking applications from vendors through Feb. 5. The annual free Festival has multiple ...

In the warmer months, hiking nearby trails, like Grandfather Mountain and the Boone Greenway, becomes the thing to do. Whether planning to enjoy the great outdoors or exploring the cute mountain town, ...

The director general of the Department of Tourism, Narayan Prasad Regmi, announced a 36 per cent hike in the $11,000 fee to $15,000 (nearly Rs 13L ... to collect the garbage and fix roles and other ...

North Carolina has plenty of unusual landmarks and ... Land of Oz Theme Park - Beech Mountain The first attraction on the list located in WNC is the Land of Oz Theme Park high up in Beech Mountain.

It promises an abundance of natural beauty, from tumbling waterfalls to unique rock formations, making it an ideal choice for the first hike of the year. A hike through the forest, particularly on a ...

The Town of Boone is celebrating its incorporation. It incorporated on Jan. 23, 1872 — 153 years ago. Imagine what life was like back then. Before there was a “Boone.” ...

He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, William G. Wheeler, and his paternal grandfather, Lewis Boone. Christopher ... freest when he was on the mountain. His family and friends ...

When I lived in New Mexico, my favorite local hike was to Sun Mountain, a quick and challenging climb up a 7,900-foot peak overlooking Santa Fe. It was — for practical purposes — an efficient ...

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