Transylvania County commissioners have approved funding to clear a tangled mass of debris that has clogged the French Broad River for months, causing the erosion of tons of soil and rendering the waterway impassible for boaters. Continue reading
In a small town like Elizabeth City, the museum director attends ribbon-cuttings for new frozen yogurt shops, as Ed Merrell did Tuesday morning. Such events are good news in North Carolina’s northeastern region, where the jobless rate typically exceeds the state average. Continue reading
Fay Fowler stood in a clearing at Ev-Henwood Nature Preserve on a sunny Sunday afternoon, using a measuring tape to mark off a circular plot of land for longleaf pine seedlings. After making sure no other plants had been placed nearby, Fowler motioned to her partner, who plunged the flat end of a bright orange digging tool into the soil and carved out a 5-inch hole for the sapling. Continue reading
The Grandfather Ranger District of the U.S. Forest Service, an area that includes 330,360 acres southeast of the Blue Ridge Parkway between Blowing Rock and Black Mountain, will receive $605,000 for a forest restoration project. Continue reading
Final tweaks to a passive public park with walking trails, playground equipment and stormwater wetland at Conover Station got approval Monday night. Continue reading
