BEAVER DAM GAP - With 90% of the Blue Ridge Parkway restored since it was devastated by Tropical Storm Helene last year, National Park Service and federal highway officials celebrated its reopening on ...

In 1933, FDR approved what was to be called the Scenic Appalachian Highway. It would be a winding road, built mostly by ...

The National Park Service reopened an 8-mile section of the Blue Ridge Parkway from Milepost 221.8 to 229.7 on the North Carolina side near the border with Virginia on Aug. 15, the agency said in a ...

ASHEVILLE - The Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center in Asheville will reopen for visitors on Oct. 4, as well as two other park facilities that shuttered because of the federal government shutdown. The ...

BIG ISLAND, Va. (WSET) — Some changes are coming to the Blue Ridge Parkway, and visitors will be impacted for the next year. The James River Bridge here will be closed soon, and visitors to the ...

Despite uncertainties with the federal government shutdown, Helene recovery work will continue on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Three popular visitor facilities on the parkway will remain open for through ...

A three-mile long portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville reopened Thursday, marking the latest milestone on the road to recovery after Helene devastated western North Carolina. Officials ...

NORTH CAROLINA, USA — A new, approximately 12-mile stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway is now open in Western North Carolina, the National Park Service announced on Monday. Blue Ridge Parkway officials ...

A 26-mile stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway has reopened in western North Carolina - just in time for the busy fall season - marking a major milestone in the state’s recovery nearly one year after ...

As the federal government shutdown continues, the Blue Ridge Parkway is feeling the effects. Although areas like the visitor center are open, they are not fully staffed. Parkway maintenance employees ...