COLD MOUNTAIN GAP - Even the wintertime woods are alive in the remote reaches of Panthertown Valley. There are the mosses and lichens at first unnoticed. But once you meet them, the floppy-haired club ...

CASHIERS - As president of the nonprofit Friends of Panthertown, Margaret Carton has worked for years to protect her beloved Panthertown Valley in Jackson County. As the “feet on the ground,” the ...

After a successful fundraising effort by two local nonprofits, a protected view and better access to Panthertown Valley are one step closer to reality following a land transaction on Friday, April 21.

Here’s the press release: Cashiers, NC – An accomplished local resident with extensive experience in management and planning has been selected to lead the area non-profit devoted to protecting and ...

Vistas of huge granite domes. An abundance of waterfalls. Flat, sandy trails. Gurgling trout streams. These features regularly lure day hikers, backpackers and fly fishermen from their hometowns to ...

Expedition guide Burt Kornegay has been leading trips into the wild since the early 1970s and spends more than 100 nights annually sleeping under the stars. His Cullowhee-based company, Slickrock ...

The U.S. Forest Service has instituted a new rule requiring campers to secure their food in bear-resistant containers in Panthertown Valley in Nantahala National Forest. This includes all food, trash ...

It's taken me 20-plus years of living in North Carolina to finally get to the Cashiers/Highlands area of the state. Some five weeks since visiting there for the first time, I'm ready to go back. You ...

LAKE TOXAWAY, N.C. — It used to be that Panthertown was half myth, like the cat itself in the Carolinas. The valley was the forbidden haunt you didn’t enter without someone who knew the way. It was a ...