Skip crowded routes in the Smokies for a lesser-known scenic drive near Cherokee with forest views, wildflowers, wildlife, ...

The Cataloochee chapter of Trout Unlimited will host an avid fly-fishermen and retired Smokies ranger as the guest speaker at ...

Trudy Haywood Saunders is a writer and editor based in North Carolina. Her work has been featured in Travel + Leisure, Southern Living, Garden & Gun, Our State, Okra, and more. A lifelong Southerner, ...

Where Washington, Idaho and Oregon meet, elk are straying from public to private lands, causing conflict and concern. If the Trump administration opens national forests further, it could get worse.

DNR wildlife supervisor Doug Franke said the Grygla elk herd (pictured) is managed to a population between 30-38 animals. However, it has not exceeded 30 since 2012. When it comes to staying informed ...

Deep in the Great Smoky Mountains, morning mist hugs the ridges, and silence feels almost sacred. Cataloochee was once a bustling mountain community, home to nearly 1,200 people who carved out lives ...

Dec. 31—It's about 4,500 miles by air from Cataloochee Ski Area in Maggie Valley to Milan, Italy, site of the upcoming Winter Olympics. But for 19-year-old Walker Robinson, the Olympic dream finally ...

After years of work to conserve the elk, the population has reached a high enough number for lawmakers to consider lifting the hunting ban. NC Local explains. Bright yellow ropes twisted around the ...

Nestled in the mountains of North Carolina, The Swag and its sister property, Cataloochee Ranch, offer two distinct takes on hospitality—both anchored by a deeply thoughtful wine and spirits program.

SIX ARE IN ISOLATION. AN ELK IS SAFE AFTER DEPUTIES AND WILDLIFE STAFF IN HAYWOOD COUNTY WORKED TO REMOVE A SWING FROM ITS ANTLERS. ELK HAD BEEN SPOTTED WITH THAT BLUE SWING ON ITS ANTLERS. THE ...