Tucked away in Western North Carolina, Cherokee provides unparalleled access to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. With ...

A year after Helene, these Western North Carolina towns are ready and excited for you to come visit again. Find a place to spend the weekend, try out a new hike, or do some early holiday shopping, ...

I'm From the South and This Charming Smoky Mountains Town Is the Best Place to See Fall Foliage in the U.S. Cherokee, North ...

BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. — One year after Hurricane Helene tore through Western North Carolina, the message from the mountains is ...

Hidden in the rolling mountains of western North Carolina lies a treasure that would make any feline enthusiast’s whiskers twitch with excitement—the American Museum of the House Cat in Sylva, a place ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Western North Carolina is nearing the one-year mark since Hurricane Helene devastated the region, bringing days of heavy rain that caused rivers to rise and washed out homes, ...

Looking for a unique adventure near Raleigh that gets the kids off screens, out in nature, and asking questions like “Why does that bird have a spoon-shaped beak?” or “Can a flamingo really sleep on ...

ASHEBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — The North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro is the largest natural habitat zoo in the world! That’s impressive, but it also means guests will walk about five miles if they want to see ...

The entire college football world watched Bill Belichick’s first game as a college coach on Monday night, as he led North Carolina out to face off against TCU in primetime. While there was plenty of ...

New Hanover County's visitor spending reached a record $1.14 billion in 2024, a 1.5% increase from the previous year. The rate of tourism growth has slowed significantly compared to the double-digit ...

Domestic and international visitors to and within Jackson County spent $463 million in 2024, a decrease of 1.1 percent from 2023. The data comes from an annual study commissioned by VisitNC, a unit of ...