While cities like Asheville are the darlings of western North Carolina, the small towns that dot the mountains serve as the ...

In Western North Carolina, rockhounds have plenty of opportunities to dig for gems, if they don’t mind getting a little dirty, and maybe a little wet.

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BPR reached out to N.C. Sen. Ralph Hise (R–Spruce Pine), a key budget writer and member of Senate leadership, for comment. He had not responded by the time of publication. Food delivery and ...

Mike Horn counts down the start of the 12th Annual Pine Needle Mountain Bike and Music Festival. (paNow Staff/Nick Nielsen) Despite the rain and cool winds, 175 cyclists geared up and took ff just ...

Greenville is a near and dear place to my heart. I spent 3.5 glorious college years in the town while attending East Carolina University before graduating and moving to Raleigh.

I had a chance this week to fish with Dom Costello, head fly fishing guide at Chetola Resort in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. An excellent angler and instructor, he runs a professional, well-run ...

JAY — The Regional School Unit 73, or Spruce Mountain school district, board of directors approved Mason Labonte and Aubrey Mitchell as the new student representatives to the board at the May 22 ...

No. 2 Florida State baseball opened its final regular season series against No. 4 North Carolina with an 8-3 loss. The Seminoles (36-12) struggled to put the ball in play May 15 with only four ...

HAYWOOD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA — Our foraging party nibbles lemony mountain sorrel and delicate violets as we hike past forested valleys of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on our ...

Spruce Pine isn’t the only place in the world with a large quartz deposit; Norway has some, as do Brazil, Russia and Australia. What sets Sibelco apart, industry experts say, is that it has been ...