The 24,000-square-foot rink returns mid-November with a lighted winter trail, pop-up market and two wintering ponies.

Local pit stops are helping monarchs refuel on nectar before their long haul south, even as the species' long-term outlook stays shaky.

Workers cleared more than half the visible vegetation on the hillside behind Commonwealth Avenue shops to boost a billboard's view of Independence Boulevard.

The Washington Heights park reopened Thursday with new courts, a custom playground, and markers honoring its namesake and segregation-era history.

The Mitchell County tract climbs from 3,000 to 4,100 feet and borders Pisgah National Forest, with the donor's identity kept under wraps.

Tubing crowds are down by half and a dam sits unrepaired, locals say the Henderson County river economy is still stunted.

Gastonia celebrated the new Avon Creek Greenway Extension near E. 2nd Avenue, with Mayor Richard Franks on hand for the ribbon cutting.

A bear-shaped shadow climbs Whiteside Mountain each fall evening near Cashiers, but the roadside overlook has no real parking lot.

A lone brick chimney at a shuttered CMS building hosts a nightly swiftnado — and conservationists want it spared before demolition.

The Boone family permanently protected Shumaker Mountain's 1,716-foot summit, honoring their father's wishes.

A young bald eagle got a second chance at Cane Creek Park after months of care from a nonprofit wildlife rescue.

The elk hooked the man's shirt in its antlers as car horns failed to scare it off in Oconaluftee.

The 34,000-square-foot Dallas facility gives the Gaston Gators a home pool at last, with priority access for county residents.