Elijah Maney, 25, was last seen walking in the woods near Lambert Branch Road after midnight, police said. Officials report first responders from across western North Carolina helped in a large-scale ...

On Aug. 15, the National Park Service reopened eight miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway from milepost 221.8 to 229.7 south of ...

There’s something almost spiritual about the aroma of slow-smoked meat that hits you before you even open the door at JD’s Smokehouse in Lenoir, North Carolina – like a barbecue baptism preparing you ...