A scouting group helped contain a forest fire in the North Carolina mountains. Trail Life USA troop NC 0834, which is based in Rocky Mount, was spending the weekend backpacking in the Uwharrie ...

A Uwharrie conservation tract in Montgomery County has been protected by The LandTrust for Central North Carolina. The LandTrust recently purchased 245 acres of a larger 308-acre tract long considered ...

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Compared to many other U.S. states, North Carolina is not particularly large, but it is deceptively wide. We Tar Heels often use the phrase “from Murphy to Manteo” — extreme western and eastern towns ...

There are times when you head out into the woods, hoping for a little one-on-one time with nature, that you find yourself bumping into lots of people. But this spring, my teenage son and I hiked for ...

A part of the Uwharrie Trail is closed due to wildfire on Tuesday, according to the USDA Forest Service and North Carolina ...

The Piedmont’s 30-mile Uwharrie Trail can be tackled in sections or from end to end. The Uwharrie Trail is a well-marked, well-maintained Piedmont trail that runs just under 30 miles from point to ...

Alligators are not native to the Uwharrie Mountains, but one was found Monday paddling around in High Rock Lake in North Carolina. That’s more than 100 miles north and west of where alligators are ...

John Gerwin, an ornithologist and research curator at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, holds an adult male prairie warbler. The bird models a metal ID band on its leg. On a muggy prairie ...

The LandTrust for Central North Carolina has purchased the peak of Dark Mountain in Montgomery County. The 70-acre property boasts the second-highest mountain in Montgomery County, about 940 feet in ...

While North Carolina has plenty of popular tourist destinations, there are tons of secret spots worth checking out. Many are towns or areas in famous regions like the Outer Banks or the Great Smoky ...