North Carolina Department of Transportation crews are working to build a temporary bridge in the Pigeon River Gorge.

Rebuilding a section of Interstate 40 through the Pigeon River Gorge will take tons of rock, and now the N.C. Department of Transportation has a pretty good idea where it will come from. NCDOT ...

An agreement with the National Forest Service outlines steps the state will take to make up for the quarry needed to rebuild Interstate 40 after Hurricane Helene.

Mar. 13—The clear mountain waters of the Pigeon River course for 70 miles through Haywood County — ideal for kayaking, tubing, canoeing, swimming and drift boat fishing. The only issue? Finding a ...

Ottawa County high schoolers collect data on road salt pollution while gaining environmental science experience.

Five months after Interstate 40 partially collapsed into the Pigeon River in North Carolina, the highway is reopening March 1. Drivers will once again be able to travel freely from Tennessee across ...

<Blue Ridge Paper Products in Canton, North Carolina, announced Monday that it has reached a partial agreement with several environmental groups regarding the temperature of wastewater it dumps in the ...

Like many Americans, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg saw pictures of what the remnants of Hurricane Helene did to Interstate 40 in Western North Carolina’s Pigeon River Gorge. On Thursday ...

HARTFORD, Tenn. — For rafting companies across East Tennessee, the last few months have been full of uncertainty. From many buildings being swept away in the floodwater, to a brand new river to learn, ...