A group of business owners and the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) launched a free ferry service on Monday intended to ...

Damage caused by Hurricane Helene left gaps in the Appalachian Trail. One of those gaps was caused by the collapse of the Chestoa Bridge in Erwin. But soon, hikers will ...

The National Park Service’s parks, sites and monuments are not the only public lands affected by the seesawing reports of ...

It was an icy mid-winter day when 73-year-old Ann Houghton parked her Subaru Outback at the Smokemont campground in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, shouldered her pack, and tramped into the ...

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While hikers everywhere attempt to be the fastest to complete their journey, Venetia Sherson contemplates the joy of a gentle ...

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Chris Karenbauer probably would have paused for a moment when his dad said he planned to walk from his home in Center ...

Understanding and living a lifestyle are two different things. For Robin Tarnas, a now-retired physician and recently a recipient of the local Unsung Hero Award, it is about embracing ...

Thankfully, volunteers and officials from the Appalachian Trail Conservancy have found a solution: a ferry. Instead of hiking ...

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