The U.S. Board of Geographic Names voted Wednesday to officially change the name of the highest peak in Great Smoky Mountains ...

The highest peak in the sprawling Great Smoky Mountains National Park is now called by its Cherokee name 'Kuwohi.' ...

These remarkable landscapes once covered western North Carolina, but a long legacy of extractive logging and land clearing means there are few remaining areas of old-growth forests left in the state.

The effort to change the name was led by Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, who first settled the mountain in the Smokies ...

What has been known for years as Clingman's Dome, one of the most popular places to visit in the Great Smoky Mountains ...

Terry Belk's medical debt illustrates the uniquely American medical debt crisis, which affects millions of people.

You want offense? Our South Alabama vs. App State predictions don't think either of these teams will take its foot off the ...

Starry Nights programs are at Roper Mountain Science Center Sept. 20. “Legends of the Night Sky: Perseus & Andromeda” is at 4 ...

The highest peak at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, on the Tennessee-North Carolina border, is officially reverting to ...

Catawba Sheriff Don Brown rented a mountain home with hot tub for a command staff retreat. Mecklenburg’s Garry McFadden ...

With the fall season upon us, people are planning trips to see the foliage around the United States. One of the most popular destinations to do so in the countr ...

JMU climbed to the top of Group of 5, but crashing a power conference will require endurance and more realignment churn.