A hiker’s recent death along the Blue Ridge Parkway is raising new concerns about staffing shortfalls and public safety on one of the country’s most visited national park units. Jie Huang ...

A hiker died along the Blue Ridge Parkway after falling off a path and into a body of water on Friday. National Park Service rangers responded to waters near Boone Fork Trail near Blowing Rock ...

The Easter weekend began with a death along the Blue Ridge Parkway, when a hiker tumbled off a trail, according to the National Park Service. Jie Huang, 40, died around 3 p.m. Friday, April ...

Tropical Storm Helene caused significant damage to the Blue Ridge Parkway, leading to closures and a repair cost estimated between $1 billion and $2 billion. While some areas remain closed due to ...

Blue Ridge Parkway leaders are slated to provide an update on storm recovery efforts following the significant damage caused by Hurricane Helene. A virtual briefing will be held Friday morning to ...

ASHEVILLE - Felled trees, erosion, trail and culvert damage from Tropical Storm Helene left swaths of the 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway closed along its winding path through the mountains of Western ...

Reopened sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Roanoke are lined by stumps and piles of tree limbs, evidence of crews’ work clearing the aftermath of two seasons of adverse weather from the ...

A man died April 18 after falling into waters along the Blue Ridge Parkway, according to an April 19 news release from the National Park Service. The hiker, identified as Jie Huang, 40 ...