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Bart Buchanan holds back tears as he recalls the first bicycle ride he took with the Scottsboro Tri Sport Athletic Club, taking a route, down South Broad Street in Scottsboro, the same route that would take the life of his friend, Dr. Wayne Patterson III. Patterson was killed while riding by a vehicle on Tuesday morning, June 29. He was 65. “I rode with that group, and it was some of the best times of my life,” said Buchanan. Buchanan credited Patterson with getting him involved in riding. He also said Patterson was always there for him. “When I was going through a really hard ...

Flush with federal cash, states invest in their crowded parks Alex Brown View Comments For years, Michigan officials have fretted about the ever-growing list of overdue maintenance needs at their 103 state parks: roads and trails, water and sewer systems, restrooms and electrical infrastructure. All are in dire need of replacement or repair — with a price tag that exceeds a quarter-billion dollars. “A lot of these parks are coasting on the fumes of the investments we made in the ‘60s and ‘70s,” said Dan Eichinger, director of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. “We’ve ...

Wildfire concerns in the Roaring Fork Valley have emergency response officials asking for the public’s help in staying notified and prepared to evacuate.

Standing in the shadow of Mount Pisgah on a chilly, yet clear and sunny Earth Day at Pisgah View Ranch in Candler - slated to be Buncombe County's first state park - Gov. Roy Cooper announced his commitment to expanding outdoor recreation in Western North Carolina with an unprecedented boost to funding state parks.   "The outdoor recreation economy in North Carolina is booming, particularly here out West, so the more opportunities that we give to people to hike, to fish, to camp, to ride and to just be closer to nature is just critically important," Cooper said April 22.  Included in the ...

Gov. Roy Cooper commits to adding WNC's Pisgah View to NC State Parks Standing in the shadow of Mount Pisgah on a chilly, yet clear and sunny Earth Day at Pisgah View Ranch in Candler - slated to be Buncombe County's first state park - Gov. Roy Cooper announced his commitment to expanding outdoor recreation in Western North Carolina with an unprecedented boost to funding state parks.   "The outdoor recreation economy in North Carolina is booming, particularly here out West, so the more opportunities that we give to people to hike, to fish, to camp, to ride and to just be closer to nature i...