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MORGANTON, N.C.MORGANTON, N.C. — Officials say a wildfire in the Linville Gorge Wilderness has been 100 percent contained. News outlets report the U.S. Forest Service says firefighters contained the ...

Press release from the USDA: Linville Gorge Wilderness is now a more beautiful place thanks to the efforts of 85 volunteers who worked over 1,800 hours under the lead of Wild South to remove nearly ...

The White Creek fire on the south end of Linville Gorge on Thursday night, before it expanded to 585 acres on Friday. Courtesy of Dalton Walters A wildfire in the Linville Gorge wilderness area, first ...

I set off mid-afternoon into the Linville Gorge Wilderness near Morganton, North Carolina. Right from the trailhead I found dense groves of mountain laurel with bouquets of delicate pink flowers, as ...

Linville Gorge is sometimes called the Grand Canyon of the East. It sprawls over 12,000 rugged acres on U.S. Forest Service land in western North Carolina, but some trails are accessible enough for a ...

NPR's Brian Mann explored one of the easy trails in the Linville Gorge Wilderness in North Carolina. A hike in North Carolina's Linville Gorge Wilderness offers sweeping views, solitude I set off ...