Several dozen representatives from rafting, lodging and other recreation businesses in the Nantahala Gorge area got together May 28 to discuss the declining numbers of visitors to the river in the ...

A heavy rainstorm Saturday evening and four subsequent mudslides have closed U.S. 19/74 in the Nantahala Gorge through the night, and traffic is being detoured around the area. A 2.8-inch deluge ...

What began as vandalism outside a rafting company in the Nantahala Gorge escalated into gunfire, according to the Swain County Sheriff’s Office and the business owner who caught the incident on camera ...

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Debris from Nantahala River has been removed after multiple landslides that happened Aug. 24.Contractors removed an estimated 350 dump truck loads of soil and rock and 150 truckloads of woody debris ...

Heavy rains Saturday night caused four mudslides and closed U.S. 19/74 in the Nantahala Gorge. Traffic is being detoured around the area.The North Carolina Department of Transportation said a ...

Nantahala, a Cherokee word that translates to "land of the noonday sun,” isn’t just the name of the popular whitewater rafting river and gorge in western North Carolina, although many travelers may ...

FRANKLIN, N.C. (WTVD) -- Landslides in the North Carolina mountains have closed a popular Labor Day destination ahead of the holiday weekend. The U.S. Forest Service issued an Emergency Closure Order ...

FRANKLIN, NC (WSPA) – The U.S. Forest Service issued an emergency closure order for the Nantahala Gorge. According to a news release, due to hazardous conditions in the gorge from several landslides, ...