Banner Elk has some of the best fall foliage in the state, plus apple orchards and Grandfather Mountain views.

Visitors are encouraged to visit the mountains to enjoy the fall colors and support local businesses still recovering from ...

The Woolly Worm Festival returns to downtown Banner Elk on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 18 and 19, celebrating 48 years of ...

When Nancy Owen first moved to Banner Elk, North Carolina, she thought it would be a one-year adventure in the ski industry before graduate school. That was nearly three decades ago. Today, as the ...

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is urging the public to refrain from feeding, approaching or touching wild elk following recent reports of dangerously close interactions in the Maggie Valley ...