As the final week of October approaches, so does the peak of fall leaf colors in Charlotte ... parts of the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Pisgah National Forest remain closed, although a small ...

with visitors drawn by the spectacular fall color for which Western North Carolina is internationally known. Each year roughly 4 million visitors pass through Pisgah National Forest, Casey said.

A special use permit will allow NCDOT to “use rock from Forest Service land and extract construction materials from the ...

A coalition of Western North Carolina conservation organizations sued the U.S. Forest Service as the Trump administration has pushed for more timber harvesting.