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This weekend is the 50th anniversary of the Nantahala Outdoor Center. The outdoor industry has become a key economic driver in Western North Carolina. Payson and Aurelia Kennedy founded the center with their friend Horace Holden in 1972.
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Hazardous conditions due to rockslides that occurred last weekend have closed the Nantahala River through the Nantahala Gorge according to the U.S. Forest…
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Additional reporting by Cory Vailliancourt Governor Roy Cooper visited Nantahala Outdoors Center as a part of his Western North Carolina tour on Friday.…
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Western North Carolina received some big checks this week from Appalachian Regional Commission. WNC Farmers Market received $1.25 million for expansions…
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The number of visitors at Dupont State Forest more than doubled this decade. It’s just one of the many outdoor destinations that has helped form Asheville…