Though Mount Mitchell State Park has not reopened yet, access along the Blue Ridge Parkway will be repaired in fall 2025, parkway staff said. A timelines for long-term repairs, which would see the ...

Many parts of the scenic roadway remain closed due to damage caused by Hurricane Helene. But there’s some good news on the horizon: Nearly 50 miles of the parkway are set to reopen this fall.

ASHEVILLE – A North Carolina Department of Transportation contractor will be shutting down Interstate 26 West near the Blue Ridge Parkway in Asheville overnight tonight, July 2, starting at 8 p.m.

Blue Ridge Parkway dispatchers received a report of a park visitor in medical distress within a mile of the Graveyard Fields Overlook Trailhead, according to a July 14 news release from NPS.

The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation has secured a three-year, $750,000 grant from Dogwood Health Trust to advance tourism and related economic developments.