Waking up in a castle is not how most people start their day, especially not in North Carolina. The morning light streams ...

What draws them isn’t a typical Blue Ridge Mountain vista, but something far more unexpected—a gleaming white castle with turrets piercing the Carolina sky. Like a mirage rising from the Blue Ridge ...

One of the highest honors a citizen of North Carolina can receive — the highest one can receive directly from the governor, ...

Forests provide many ecosystem services, including microclimate regulation, biodiversity preservation, air and water ...

Botanist Andrea Bianchi and local plant experts Aloyce Mwakisoma and his brother Ruben were exploring two tiny village forest ...