The Nantahala area is tailor-made for rest and relaxation. Nantahala, a Cherokee word that translates to "land of the noonday sun,” isn’t just the name of the popular whitewater rafting river and ...

Western North Carolina has made appearances on summer-related USA TODAY 10Best readers choice awards once again, earning spots on three more lists of outdoor adventures. This time, WNC was praised for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Despite major damage caused by Tropical Storm Helene, several Western North Carolina locations are named in a roundup of river and ...

Debris from Nantahala River has been removed after multiple landslides that happened Aug. 24.Contractors removed an estimated 350 dump truck loads of soil and rock and 150 truckloads of woody debris ...

In an unprecedented move, the U.S. Forest Service has implemented a complete public closure to 8 miles of the Nantahala River within the Nantahala Gorge, for up to two years, although the order could ...

Before Jenni and Austin Foster tied the knot on Sept. 17, the duo hiked, paddled, biked and rafted all over the Nantahala River and the Nantahala National Forest in North Carolina while wearing formal ...

The Nantahala is down at least 200 trout after Duke Energy released warm water into the river. "It's unfortunate, but it sounds like it was fairly unavoidable," said Zan Price, assistant regional ...

Despite major damage caused by Tropical Storm Helene, several Western North Carolina locations are named in a roundup of river and lake-themed USA TODAY'S 10BEST Readers' Choice lists. 10BEST Readers' ...