Nestled in the mountains of North Carolina, this remote lake is an excellent spot for fishing and kayaking, and it's the ...

While the active lifestyle M&A space in 2025 was again dominated by smaller tuck-ins and medium-size acquisitions, Skechers, ...

There’s a lot to love about mountain towns—cozy lodging, gorgeous scenery, and endless opportunity for outdoor adventure, just to name a few. Towns in and around the Great Smoky Mountains have their ...

Fishing enthusiasts will find Jacob Fork River to be a hidden treasure, its clear waters home to native brook trout and stocked rainbow trout. The river’s pools and riffles create perfect habitat for ...

A year after Hurricane Helene’s $59.6B blow to Western NC, ordinary neighbors are cooking, rebuilding and plumbing their way ...

The City of Dawson Creek’s push to fast-track a $100-million water supply pipeline to the Peace River is drawing both support and criticism from regulators and First Nations in northeastern B.C. To ...

Watauga is seeking to cap off a perfect season, while Middle Creek aims to take another top seed down. In the North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s Class 6A championship game, Watauga’s ...

As 2025 draws to a close, Watauga County reflects on a year of change, resilience, and community spirit. This last year ...

Note that the River Arts District was one of the areas most impacted by Hurricane Helene. Though the area is still undergoing rebuilding efforts, art studios, galleries, cafes, shops and businesses in ...

The snow burst through the trees with no warning but a last-second whoosh of sound, a two-story wall of white and Chris Rudolph’s piercing cry: “Avalanche! Elyse!” The very thing the 16 skiers and ...

AO Advice: How Your High School is Evaluated in the College Admissions Process Get the inside scoop on how colleges assess your high school and its course rigor. Featuring a former Admissions Officer, ...