Nonprofit funding to keep the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park open amid shutdown has been ...

The shutdown will result in the closure of national parks, including Mount Mitchell and the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Mount Mitchell State Park in Burnsville began welcoming visitors again on Sept. 15, just in time for leaf watching season, ...

The Shenandoah National Park Trust is suggesting visitors find an alternative to take in fall foliage during the government ...

Some services will be limited during the government shutdown, the National Park Service says. But NC tourism officials urge ...

Just in time for Labor Day sightseers and nature seekers, another piece of the Blue Ridge Parkway has reopened, for an unobstructed, 85-mile drive from Asheville south to Cherokee. Following the ...

A 7-mile stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina reopened Sept. 9 from just south of Doughton Park to near Laurel Springs, the National Park Service announced. The section that reopened is ...

NORTH CAROLINA, USA — A new, approximately 12-mile stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway is now open in Western North Carolina, the National Park Service announced on Monday. Blue Ridge Parkway officials ...

For the past year, the Blue Ridge Parkway has been on the road to recovery. In September 2024, Tropical Storm Helene slammed into Western North Carolina and East Tennessee, causing immense damage to ...

Engineers expect to have one lane on the new bridge, which is built next to the old bridge, open to the public as soon as Friday morning.

Construction is coming to an end on the new Blue Ridge Parkway bridge over I-26. The opening is scheduled for the end of September. It’s been under construction for nearly 5 years, since 2021. Today, ...