Downtown Lexington is an incredibly walkable area; there are also a handful of trails you can reach by foot from downtown, ...

Being a large, metropolitan hub nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, you can be sure to find plenty of things to do in Roanoke. Roanoke in Virginia is less than a 3-hour drive from ...

ROANOKE, Va. – The National Park Service has reduced staffing and operations due to the government shutdown, affecting many federal departments. This comes as tourists begin visiting the Blue Ridge ...

For the past year, the Blue Ridge Parkway has been on the road to recovery. In September 2024, Tropical Storm Helene slammed into Western North Carolina and East Tennessee, causing immense damage to ...

A three-mile long portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville reopened Thursday, marking the latest milestone on the road to recovery after Helene devastated western North Carolina. Officials ...

A 7-mile stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina reopened Sept. 9 from just south of Doughton Park to near Laurel Springs, the National Park Service announced. The section that reopened is ...

(CNN) — A 26-mile stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway has reopened in western North Carolina – just in time for the busy fall season – marking a major milestone in the state’s recovery nearly one year ...