David Roe, who helps manage the Switzerland Inn in Mitchell County, has one word to describe the ongoing closure on a nearby section of the Blue Ridge Parkway: devastating. The usually full hotel has ...

Nearly a year after Hurricane Helene rocked the southeastern U.S., the famed Blue Ridge Parkway — and many stops along its 469-mile route — is almost fully open again. This serpentine, two-lane ribbon ...

The Blue Ridge Parkway is a scenic route that runs 469 miles through 29 Virginia and North Carolina counties. The journey starts in Waynesboro, Va., and ends in Cherokee, NC, connecting two national ...