Man shot and killed after attacking deputy with knife in rural Harmon Den
A man who disappeared with his 9-year-old daughter three weeks ago was shot and killed by a Haywood County Sheriff's Deputy ...
Permits for firewood collection waived in Pisgah National Forest after Helene damage
Normally, a $20 permit would be needed to collect fallen trees for firewood from our national forests. But right now, that is ...
Killer of local woman among 37 death row inmates sentences commuted by President Biden
COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER, RAPE OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY WOMAN Styles disappeared while out running in the Bent Creek ...
WNC forests suffered 'catastrophic' damage during Helene. Conservation groups want more protections
Helene caused "moderate to catastrophic" damage to more than 187,000 acres of national forest land, according to a report ...
US Forest Service employee alleges agency mismanaging native lands near Asheville
The US Forest Service is overseen in North Carolina by Supervisor James Melonas. Ashcraft said he believes that many of the ...
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Forest Service urged to amend Nantahala-Pisgah Forest Plan
A coalition of conservation groups has sent a letter to the U.S. Forest Service last week asking the agency to amend the Nantahala-Pisgah Forest Plan due to the damage Hurricane ...
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Forest Service Urged to Update N.C.’s Nantahala-Pisgah Forest Plan in Wake of Hurricane Helene
Conservation groups sent a letter Tuesday urging the U.S. Forest Service to amend the Nantahala-Pisgah forest plan because of the tremendous damage from Hurricane Helene to North Carolina’s Nantahala ...
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WNC forests suffered 'catastrophic' damage during Helene. Conservation groups want more protections
Weeks after the storm, the U.S. Forest Service announced that damage to the Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests totaled around $44 million in lost vegetation and land damage. Now, a coalition of ...