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Last Wednesday the owner of SOS Towing & Repair Service, Owen Carson, and two of his team members were in ...

More than 600 people from across the nation converged in Cherokee last week for the sixth annual Outdoor Economy Conference, the nation’s leading econ...

Achieving the coveted designation for the North Fork and similar rivers is like navigating a challenging whitewater stream. It involves skillfully maneuvering through intricate civic waypoints, which can impede progress.

Supporters push for the North Fork's "wild and scenic" status, seeking local leaders' support and educating the community on its benefits.

The fate of the North Fork Gorge portion of the French Broad River is in the community’s hands: to be federally designated and protected forever or not.

Sylva has received the results of an in-depth botanical survey of Pinnacle Park revealing that the property is a bonanza of biodiversity. Now, the tow...

After a decade of preparation, input — and sometimes criticism — from dozens of individuals and organizations, the USDA Forest Service’s hefty and now final 360-page Nantahala/Pisgah Forest Plan has

The French Broad River’s fish share a long history with humans and wildlife conservation biologists are working to reintroduce species which have either gone extinct or are threatened to help

The French Broad River’s impact on the local economy of Transylvania County was recently analyzed and results demonstrated it’s significant.

Nearly 700 acres of pristine forest land in the watershed that provides the city of Brevard’s water supply is now protected forever, according to Conserving Carolina. In the last days