(Asheville, NC) The National Park Service (NPS) Southeast Regional Director has approved the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for Guardrail Replacement and Installation. This document records the decision of the National Park Service to provide a consistent, comprehensive, and adaptive approach to maintain roadside safety while protecting, to the maximum extent possible, the Blue […]

(Boone, NC) — A program of the 8th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition, The Parkway Tree Project is this year’s Blue Ridge Parkway, Share the Journey® category theme. The Parkway Tree Project has been established to document significant trees of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Photographers are encouraged to capture images of trees within the Parkway […]

The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation with honor has announced that Dr. Houck Medford of Winston-Salem, its founder and chief executive officer, has resigned and has been succeeded as acting CEO by Dr. Carolyn Ward of Asheville, who has been serving as chief operating officer. Medford will continue as a consultant to the Foundation. In making […]

Crystal Lynn Ham, 25, of Elgin, South Carolina, was located by search crews at 6:11pm November 1st after an extensive three day search. She is currently recovering in a hospital in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Crystal was hypothermic, but conscious and able to confirm her identity when searchers located her about a mile from where her […]