Snow banks help plants thrive in the mountains, providing water and nutrients for soil. But as climate change warms the ...

A recent study by the Appalachian Regional Commission is comparing rural Appalachia to the rest of rural America.

President Donald Trump signed executive orders to effectively slash environmental protections on more than half of the nation ...

The Great Allegheny Passage has been named one of the best sunset spots in the United States. Running from Cumberland, Md. to ...

A giant burrowing salamander fossil challenges assumptions about amphibian evolution in prehistoric Appalachia. A giant ...

Ellis, bubbly and blonde and smiling behind an enormous pair of shades, is overjoyed to be back on the water after an ...

The Dan’l Boone Inn sits on King Street in downtown Boone, its classic white exterior and picket fence giving little indication of the culinary treasures waiting inside.

George Masa and His Art,” is on display now through Aug. 15 at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center.

In my younger years in school, I always loved geography. Living in New Hampshire, there was so much to be excited about.

I have always wanted to visit the largest natural bloom of rhododendrons in the United States located near Banner Elk North ...

Enticed by cheap energy and friendly zoning laws, crypto mining operations poured into Appalachia. It has not gone well.

In this installment of Icons of Whiskey, we honor Elijah Craig—preacher, pioneer, entrepreneur and the man many credit as the ...